Sphaeromatidea

Sphaeromatidea is a suborder of isopod crustaceans.^[2]

Sphaeromatidea Temporal range: PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Sphaeromatidea Wägele, 1989
Superfamilies
†Archaeoniscidae?[1] Seroloidea Sphaeromatoidea

Families

The suborder contains seven extant and three extinct families in two superfamilies:^[3]

• Sphaeromatidea
  • †Archaeoniscidae?
  • Seroloidea Dana, 1852^[4]
    • Basserolidae Brandt & Poore, 2003
    • Bathynataliidae Kensley, 1978
    • Plakarthriidae Hansen, 1905
    • †Schweglerellidae Brandt, Crame, Polz & Thomson, 1999 
    • Serolidae Dana, 1852
    • †Tricarinidae Feldmann, Kolahdouz, Biranvand & Schweigert, 2007
  • Sphaeromatoidea Latreille, 1825^[5]
    • Ancinidae Dana, 1852
    • Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825
    • Tecticipitidae Iverson, 1982

References

1. Park, Tae-Wan; Wilson, George D. F.; Lee, Dong-Chan; Choi, Duck K. (2012). "Occurrence of the Isopod Archaeoniscus coreaensis New Species from the Lower Cretaceous Jinju Formation, Korea". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (4): 626–640. doi:10.1666/11-131R.1. JSTOR 23253719. S2CID 131617665.
2. WoRMS (2011). Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Sphaeromatidea". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
3. WoRMS. "Sphaeromatidea". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
4. WoRMS. "Seroloidea Dana, 1852". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
5. WoRMS. "Sphaeromatoidea Latreille, 1825". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 December 2022.