Thermosphaeroma is a genus of crustacean in family Sphaeromatidae.[1] They occur exclusively in hot springs of southwestern United States and central Mexico.[2]
| Thermosphaeroma | |
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| Thermosphaeroma thermophilum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Sphaeromatidae |
| Genus: | Thermosphaeroma Cole & Bane, 1978 |
| Type species | |
| Sphaeroma dugesi Dollfus, 1893
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Species edit
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
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| Thermosphaeroma dugesi | (Dollfus) | 1893 | [4] |
Mexico
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| Thermosphaeroma macrura | Bowman | 1985 | [5] |
Mexico
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| Thermosphaeroma mendozai | Schotte | 2000[2] |  |
Mexico
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| Thermosphaeroma milleri | Bowman | 1981 |  [6] |
Mexico
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| Thermosphaeroma smithi | Bowman | 1981 | [7] |
Mexico
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| Thermosphaeroma subequalum | Cole & Bane | 1978 |  [8] |
Mexico,  United States
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| Thermosphaeroma thermophilum | (Richardson) | 1897 |  [9] |
United States
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References edit
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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. 1996: e.T21742A9316014. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21742A9316014.en.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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