Thermosphaeroma

Thermosphaeroma
Thermosphaeroma thermophilum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
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):

SpeciesAuthorityYearIUCN statusDistribution
Thermosphaeroma cavicaudaBowman1985 [3] Mexico
Thermosphaeroma dugesi(Dollfus)1893 [4] Mexico
Thermosphaeroma macruraBowman1985 [5] Mexico
Thermosphaeroma mendozaiSchotte2000[2] Mexico
Thermosphaeroma milleriBowman1981 [6] Mexico
Thermosphaeroma smithiBowman1981 [7] Mexico
Thermosphaeroma subequalumCole & Bane1978 [8] Mexico,  United States
Thermosphaeroma thermophilum(Richardson)1897 [9] United States

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 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". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T21742A9316014. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21742A9316014.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma dugesi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T21737A9315372. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21737A9315372.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma macrura". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T21743A9316045. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21743A9316045.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma milleri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T21738A9315471. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21738A9315471.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  7. ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma smithi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T21739A9315570. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21739A9315570.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  8. ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma subequalum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T21740A9315788. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21740A9315788.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  9. ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma thermophilum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T21741A9315891. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21741A9315891.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.


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