Thermosphaeroma
Thermosphaeroma | |
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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):
Species | Authority | Year | IUCN status | Distribution |
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Thermosphaeroma cavicauda | Bowman | 1985 | [3] | Mexico |
Thermosphaeroma dugesi | (Dollfus) | 1893 | [4] | Mexico |
Thermosphaeroma macrura | Bowman | 1985 | [5] | Mexico |
Thermosphaeroma mendozai | Schotte | 2000[2] | Mexico | |
Thermosphaeroma milleri | Bowman | 1981 | [6] | Mexico |
Thermosphaeroma smithi | Bowman | 1981 | [7] | Mexico |
Thermosphaeroma subequalum | Cole & Bane | 1978 | [8] | Mexico, United States |
Thermosphaeroma thermophilum | (Richardson) | 1897 | [9] | United States |
References
- 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.
- 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.
- ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma cavicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma dugesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma macrura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma milleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma smithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma subequalum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma thermophilum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
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