Thermosphaeroma

Thermosphaeroma
Thermosphaeroma thermophilum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Sphaeromatidae
Genus: Thermosphaeroma
Cole & Bane, 1978
Type species
Sphaeroma dugesi
Dollfus, 1893

Thermosphaeroma is a genus of crustacean in family Sphaeromatidae.[1] They occur exclusively in hot springs of southwestern United States and central Mexico.[2]

Species

The genus contains eight species,[1] most of which are listed on the IUCN Red List (EW: extinct in the wild; CR: critically endangered; EN: endangered; LC; least concern; NE: not evaluated):

Species Authority Year IUCN status Distribution
Thermosphaeroma cavicauda Bowman 1985 CR [3]  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma dugesi (Dollfus) 1893 CR [4]  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma macrura Bowman 1985 CR [5]  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma mendozai Schotte 2000[2] NE  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma milleri Bowman 1981 EN [6]  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma smithi Bowman 1981 CR [7]  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma subequalum Cole & Bane 1978 LC [8]  Mexico,  United States
Thermosphaeroma thermophilum (Richardson) 1897 EW [9]  United States

References

  1. ^ a b Neil L. Bruce & Marilyn Schotte (2009). M. Schotte; C. B. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; G. C. B. Poore; S. Taiti & G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Thermosphaeroma Cole & Bane, 1978". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Schotte, Marilyn (2000). "Thermosphaeroma mendozai, a new species from hot springs in northern Chihuahua, Mexico (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 113 (4): 989–995.
  3. ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma cavicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T21742A9316014. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21742A9316014.en.
  4. ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma dugesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T21737A9315372. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21737A9315372.en.
  5. ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma macrura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T21743A9316045. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21743A9316045.en.
  6. ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma milleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T21738A9315471. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21738A9315471.en.
  7. ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma smithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T21739A9315570. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21739A9315570.en.
  8. ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma subequalum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T21740A9315788. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21740A9315788.en.
  9. ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma thermophilum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T21741A9315891. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21741A9315891.en.


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