Serolidae

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Serolidae
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Brucerolis bromleyana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Superfamily: Seroloidea
Family: Serolidae
Dana, 1852

Serolidae is a family of isopod crustaceans. The family encompasses 22 genera with 109 species. These species are exclusively marine and are distributed across the marine realms as follows: one species can be found in the Temperate Northern Atlantic, one species in the Temperate Northern Pacific, seven species in the Tropical Atlantic, six species in the Central Indo-Pacific, 16 species in Temperate South America, one species in Temperate Southern Africa, 20 species in Temperate Australasia, and 31 species in the Southern Ocean. [1]

Genera

Serolidae contains the following genera : [2]

References

  1. Bruce, Niel L.; Poore, Gary C. B. (2012-08-31). "Global Diversity of Marine Isopods (Except Asellota and Crustacean Symbionts)". PLOS ONE. 7 (8) e43529. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...743529P. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043529 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   3432053 . PMID   22952700.
  2. WoRMS (2011). Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Serolidae". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved November 27, 2011.