Thermosphaeroma

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Thermosphaeroma
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Thermosphaeroma thermophilum
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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):

SpeciesAuthorityYearIUCN statusDistribution
Thermosphaeroma cavicauda Bowman1985 Status iucn CR icon.svg [3] Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma dugesi (Dollfus)1893 Status iucn CR icon.svg [4] Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma macrura Bowman1985 Status iucn CR icon.svg [5] Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma mendozai Schotte2000 [2] Status iucn NE icon.svg Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma milleri Bowman1981 Status iucn EN icon.svg [6] Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma smithi Bowman1981 Status iucn CR icon.svg [7] Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma subequalum Cole & Bane1978 Status iucn LC icon.svg [8] Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico, Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Thermosphaeroma thermophilum (Richardson)1897 Status iucn EW icon.svg [9] Flag of the United States (23px).png  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". 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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