Sphaeroma taborans

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Sphaeroma taborans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Sphaeromatidae
Genus: Sphaeroma
Species:
S. taborans
Binomial name
Sphaeroma taborans
Arya, Biju, Benchamin, 2025 [1]

Sphaeroma taborans is a mangrove-boring isopod, first described by Arya, Biju and Benchamin in 2025. [1]

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Etymology

This specific epithet ‘taborans’ refers to the Mount Tabor Ashram, Zoology Research Centre, St. Stephen's College, Pathanapuram, the Headquarters of the Institution where this research was conducted. [1]

Distribution

Known only from Munroe Island, Ashtamudi Estuary, Kerala, India. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 M.S. Arya; A. Biju; Dani Benchamin (2025-02-26). "Sphaeroma taborans sp. nov., a new species of wood-boring isopod (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from Munroe Island, Ashtamudi Estuary, Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 17 (2): 26530–26537. doi: 10.11609/jott.8909.17.2.26530-26537 . ISSN   0974-7907.


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