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Family: Sphaeromatidae



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Oxinasphaera poorei
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Oxinasphaera rebutia
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Oxinasphaera tetrodon
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Oxinasphaera thetisae
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Oxinasphaera tripartita
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Oxinasphaera tual
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Oxinasphaera tuberculosa
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Paracassidina anasilla
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Paracassidina bakeri
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Paracassidina bamarook
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Paracassidina bilbie
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Paracassidina cervina
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Paracassidina dama
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Paracassidina fuscina
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Paracassidina incompta
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Paracassidina kutyo
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Paracassidina munna
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Paracassidina pectinata
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Paracassidina petala
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Paracassidina prolata
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Paracassidina wurrook
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Paracassidinopsis perlata
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Paracassidinopsis sculpta
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Paracerceis angra
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Paracerceis caudata
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Paracerceis cohenae
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Paracerceis cordata
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Paracerceis dollfusi
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Paracerceis edithae
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Paracerceis gilliana
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Paracerceis glynni
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Paracerceis holdichi
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Paracerceis nuttingi
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Paracerceis richardsonae
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Ulman, Aylin

Pacific Ocean.

Paracerceis sculpta (Holmes, 1904)

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Paracerceis sculpta
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Paracerceis spinulosa
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Paracerceis tomentosa
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Paracereis caudata
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Paracilicaea asiatica
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Paracilicaea aspera
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Paracilicaea clavus
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Paracilicaea cordylina
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Paracilicaea dakini
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Paracilicaea eupyga
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Paracilicaea falcata
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Paracilicaea fimbriata
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Paracilicaea flexilis
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Paracilicaea gigas
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Paracilicaea hamata
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Paracilicaea hanseni
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Paracilicaea keijii
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Paracilicaea mossambica
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Paracilicaea mossambicus
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Paracilicaea nodosa
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Paracilicaea peniculata
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Paracilicaea pubescens
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Paracilicaea septemdentata
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Paracilicaea setosa
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Paracilicaea stauros
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Paracilicaea stebbingi
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Paracilicaea teretron
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Paracilicaea uncinata
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Paracilicaea watamuae
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Paradella acutitelson
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Paradella bakeri
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Max. Length 0.5 cm BL
 
Paradella dianae
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Paradella harrisoni
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Paradella heptaphymata
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Max. Length 3.4 cm BL
 
Paradella octaphymata
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Paradella plicatura
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Paradella quadripunctata
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Paradella setosa
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Paradella tiffany
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Paradella tomleklek
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Paradella tuberculata
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Paradella tumidicauda
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Paradynamene benjamensis
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Paraimene charlesae
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Paraimene ibarzabalae
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Paraimene tuberculata
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Paraimene tumulus
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Paraleptosphaeroma brucei
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Paraleptosphaeroma glynni
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Paraleptosphaeroma indica
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Parasphaeroma prominens
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Paravireia holdichi
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Paravireia typicus
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Parisocladus perforatus
[Spike-back isopod]
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Parisocladus stimpsoni
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Max. Length 0.6 cm TL
 
Pedinura flindersia
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Max. Length 0.3 cm TL
 
Pedinura mokari
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Pistorius bidens
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Pistorius sasyamai
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Platycerceis hyalina
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Platynympha longicaudata
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Platysphaera membranata
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Pseudocerceis furculata
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Pseudocerceis latistylis
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Pseudocerceis seleneides
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Pseudocerceis trilobata
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Pseudosphaeroma barnardi
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Pseudosphaeroma callidum
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Pseudosphaeroma campbellensis
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Pseudosphaeroma jakobii
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Pseudosphaeroma lundae
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Pseudosphaeroma platense
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Pseudosphaeroma tuberculatum
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Ptyosphaera alata
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Scutuloidea kutu
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Scutuloidea maculata
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Sphaeramene flausinae
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Sphaeramene microtylotos
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Sphaeramene polytylotos
[Button isopod]
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Sphaeroma annandalei
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Sphaeroma bigranulatum
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Sphaeroma boryi
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Sphaeroma conglobator
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Sphaeroma curtum
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Sphaeroma destructor
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Sphaeroma dumerilii
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Sphaeroma emarginatum
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Sphaeroma felix
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Sphaeroma gayi
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Sphaeroma globicauda
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Sphaeroma granti
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Sphaeroma hookeri
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Sphaeroma intermedium
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Sphaeroma khalijfarsi
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Sphaeroma laevigatum
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Sphaeroma laurensi
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Sphaeroma monodi
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Sphaeroma mukaii
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Sphaeroma papillae
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Sphaeroma pentodon
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Sphaeroma peruvianum
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Sphaeroma plumosa
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Sphaeroma podicipitis
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Sphaeroma prideauxianum
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Sphaeroma propinqua
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Sphaeroma quadridentatum
[Sea pill bug]
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Sphaeroma quoyanum
[Burrowing australian isopod]
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Sphaeroma retrolaeve
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Sphaeroma rugicauda
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Max. Length 1.4 cm BL
 
Sphaeroma serratum
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Sphaeroma shimantoensis
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Sphaeroma sieboldii
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Sphaeroma sinensis
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Sphaeroma terebrans
[Wood-boring isopod]
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Sphaeroma tomentosum
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Sphaeroma triste
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Sphaeroma tuberculatum
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Sphaeroma venustissimum
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Sphaeroma wadai
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Sphaeroma walkeri
[Fouling isopod]
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Sphaeroma weilli
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Sphaeromopsis amathitis
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Sphaeromopsis heardi
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Sphaeromopsis merohirsutus
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Sphaeromopsis minutus
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Sphaeromopsis mourei
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Sphaeromopsis petita
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Sphaeromopsis reticulata
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Sphaeromopsis sanctaluciae
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Sphaeromopsis sei
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Sphaeromopsis serriguberna
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Sphaeromopsis sikata
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Sphaeromopsis sulcifera
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Stathmos coronatus
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Striella balani
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Syncassidina aestuaria
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Thermosphaeroma cavicauda
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Thermosphaeroma dugesi
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Thermosphaeroma macrura
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Thermosphaeroma mendozai
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Thermosphaeroma milleri
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Thermosphaeroma smithi
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Thermosphaeroma subequalum
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Thermosphaeroma thermophilum
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Tholozodium ocellatum
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Tholozodium rhombofrontalis
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Waiteolana gibbera
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Waiteolana rugosa
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Waiteolana tuberculata
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Xynosphaera colemani
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Zuzara curtispina
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Zuzara digitata
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Zuzara furcifer
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Zuzara semipunctata
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Zuzara venosa
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Oxinasphaera poorei Victoria, Australia. 1997
Oxinasphaera rebutia New South Wales. 1997
Oxinasphaera tetrodon Western Indian Ocean. 2005
Oxinasphaera thetisae New South Wales. 1997
Oxinasphaera tripartita Western Central Pacific 1910
Oxinasphaera tual Indonesia. 1997
Oxinasphaera tuberculosa Australia. 1873
Paracassidina anasilla New South Wales. 1994
Paracassidina bakeri Western Australia. 1994
Paracassidina bamarook Victoria, Australia. 1994
Paracassidina bilbie South Australia. 1994
Paracassidina cervina Queensland, Australia. 1994
Paracassidina dama Queensland, Australia. 1994
Paracassidina fuscina Eastern Indian Ocean. 1994
Paracassidina incompta Western Australia. 1994
Paracassidina kutyo Western Australia. 1994
Paracassidina munna Western Central Pacific 1994
Paracassidina pectinata Western Australia. 1911
Paracassidina petala Tasmania, Australia. 1994
Paracassidina prolata New South Wales. 1994
Paracassidina wurrook New South Wales. 1994
Paracassidinopsis perlata Madagascar. 1974
Paracassidinopsis sculpta Gambier Is. (S. Pacific). 1906
Paracerceis angra Brazil. 1980
Paracerceis caudata Western Atlantic 1818
Paracerceis cohenae Western Central Atlantic 1984
Paracerceis cordata California, USA. 1899
Paracerceis dollfusi Senegal. 1985
Paracerceis edithae Haiti. 1930
Paracerceis gilliana California, USA. 1899
Paracerceis glynni Western Central Atlantic 1984
Paracerceis holdichi Western Central Pacific 1993
Paracerceis nuttingi Western Central Atlantic 1921
Paracerceis richardsonae Gulf of California, Mexic 1988
Paracerceis sculpta Pacific Ocean. 1904
Paracerceis spinulosa Mexico, Pacific coast. 2002
Paracerceis tomentosa North Carolina, USA. 1967
Paracereis caudata Western Central Atlantic 1818
Paracilicaea asiatica Indo-West Pacific. 1990
Paracilicaea aspera Queensland, Australia. 1984
Paracilicaea clavus Mozambique. 1955
Paracilicaea cordylina South Africa. 1984
Paracilicaea dakini South Africa. 1922
Paracilicaea eupyga Red Sea. 1906
Paracilicaea falcata Yemen. 2000
Paracilicaea fimbriata Java Sea. 1990
Paracilicaea flexilis Western Australia. 1928
Paracilicaea gigas Australia. 1928
Paracilicaea hamata South Australia. 1908
Paracilicaea hanseni Zanzibar. 1910
Paracilicaea keijii Pakistan. 1990
Paracilicaea mossambica Mozambique. 1914
Paracilicaea mossambicus Mozambique. 1914
Paracilicaea nodosa Somalia. 2000
Paracilicaea peniculata Somalia. 2000
Paracilicaea pubescens Australia. 1840
Paracilicaea septemdentata South Australia. 1910
Paracilicaea setosa Kenya. 1995
Paracilicaea stauros Western Indian Ocean. 2005
Paracilicaea stebbingi Queensland, Australia. 1926
Paracilicaea teretron Mozambique. 1955
Paracilicaea uncinata Somalia. 2000
Paracilicaea watamuae Kenya. 1995
Paradella acutitelson Puerto Rico. 1968
Paradella bakeri Chile. 1962
Paradella dianae Northwest Pacific, Centra 0.5 BL 1962
Paradella harrisoni Kenya. 1995
Paradella heptaphymata Egypt. 1987
Paradella octaphymata Western Central Pacific 3.4 BL 1982
Paradella plicatura Venezuela. 1970
Paradella quadripunctata Puerto Rico. 1968
Paradella setosa Puerto Rico. 1968
Paradella tiffany Eastern Central Pacific 2004
Paradella tomleklek Phuket, Thailand. 2002
Paradella tuberculata Society Is. 1991
Paradella tumidicauda Venezuela. 1970
Paradynamene benjamensis Venezuela. 1905
Paraimene charlesae Dominica. 1994
Paraimene ibarzabalae Cuba. 1997
Paraimene tuberculata Pakistan. 1988
Paraimene tumulus Cuba. 1997
Paraleptosphaeroma brucei Western Pacific 1993
Paraleptosphaeroma glynni Western Central Atlantic 1981
Paraleptosphaeroma indica Reunion Is. 1990
Parasphaeroma prominens South Africa. 1902
Paravireia holdichi Canary Islands. 2001
Paravireia typicus Canary Islands. 1925
Parisocladus perforatus Spike-back isopod St. Paul Is. 1840
Parisocladus stimpsoni South Africa. 1861
Pedinura flindersia Eastern Indian Ocean 0.6 TL 2003
Pedinura mokari Eastern Indian Ocean 0.3 TL 2003
Pistorius bidens Queensland, Australia. 1982
Pistorius sasyamai Queensland, Australia. 1990
Platycerceis hyalina South Australia. 1926
Platynympha longicaudata South Australia. 1908
Platysphaera membranata Western Central Pacific 1981
Pseudocerceis furculata Queensland, Australia. 1982
Pseudocerceis latistylis Dominica. 1994
Pseudocerceis seleneides Somalia. 1988
Pseudocerceis trilobata South Australia. 1908
Pseudosphaeroma barnardi South Africa. 1931
Pseudosphaeroma callidum New Zealand. 1977
Pseudosphaeroma campbellensis Southwest Pacific 1909
Pseudosphaeroma jakobii Brazil. 1959
Pseudosphaeroma lundae Chile. 1962
Pseudosphaeroma platense Southwest Atlantic 1922
Pseudosphaeroma tuberculatum Tristan da Cunha. 1980
Ptyosphaera alata Australia. 1926
Scutuloidea kutu New Zealand. 1996
Scutuloidea maculata Southwest Pacific 1883
Sphaeramene flausinae Southwest Pacific 1966
Sphaeramene microtylotos South Africa. 1955
Sphaeramene polytylotos Button isopod South Africa. 1914
Sphaeroma annandalei Indian Ocean. 1911
Sphaeroma bigranulatum Zanzibar. 1908
Sphaeroma boryi Italy. 1832
Sphaeroma conglobator Gulf of Suez. 1766
Sphaeroma curtum England. 1818
Sphaeroma destructor England.
Sphaeroma dumerilii England. 1818
Sphaeroma emarginatum England. 1864
Sphaeroma felix England. 1902
Sphaeroma gayi England. 1849
Sphaeroma globicauda India. 1853
Sphaeroma granti India. 1903
Sphaeroma hookeri Northeast Atlantic 1814
Sphaeroma intermedium N. Territory, Australia. 1926
Sphaeroma khalijfarsi Western Indian Ocean 2010
Sphaeroma laevigatum Western Indian Ocean
Sphaeroma laurensi New Zealand. 1977
Sphaeroma monodi New Zealand. 1954
Sphaeroma mukaii Japan. 2006
Sphaeroma papillae Japan. 1938
Sphaeroma pentodon California, USA. 1904
Sphaeroma peruvianum Peru. 1910
Sphaeroma plumosa E. Australia. 1902
Sphaeroma podicipitis Morocco. 1931
Sphaeroma prideauxianum Morocco. 1818
Sphaeroma propinqua Morocco. 1849
Sphaeroma quadridentatum Sea pill bug Georgia & East Florida, U 1818
Sphaeroma quoyanum Burrowing australian isopod Pacific. Tropical to sub 1840
Sphaeroma retrolaeve Northwest Pacific 1904
Sphaeroma rugicauda Northeast Atlantic 1914
Sphaeroma serratum Northeast Atlantic, Medit 1.4 BL 1787
Sphaeroma shimantoensis Japan. 2003
Sphaeroma sieboldii Japan. 1889
Sphaeroma sinensis South China Sea. 2002
Sphaeroma terebrans Wood-boring isopod Indo-West Pacific 1866
Sphaeroma tomentosum Indo-West Pacific 1844
Sphaeroma triste Nicobar Is. 1865
Sphaeroma tuberculatum Nicobar Is. 1971
Sphaeroma venustissimum N.W. Africa. 1931
Sphaeroma wadai Japan. 1994
Sphaeroma walkeri Fouling isopod Indo-Pacific, Western Atl 1905
Sphaeroma weilli Morocco. 1967
Sphaeromopsis amathitis Kenya. 1973
Sphaeromopsis heardi Dominica. 1994
Sphaeromopsis merohirsutus Cuba. 2004
Sphaeromopsis minutus Pakistan. 1995
Sphaeromopsis mourei Brazil. 1960
Sphaeromopsis petita Western Indian Ocean 1997
Sphaeromopsis reticulata Red Sea. 1910
Sphaeromopsis sanctaluciae Port St. Lucie, Florida, 1999
Sphaeromopsis sei Eastern Indian Ocean 2002
Sphaeromopsis serriguberna Queensland, Australia. 1981
Sphaeromopsis sikata Queensland, Australia. 2021
Sphaeromopsis sulcifera Western Indian Ocean. 2005
Stathmos coronatus South Africa. 1940
Striella balani Panama (Pacific). 1968
Syncassidina aestuaria Western Australia. 1928
Thermosphaeroma cavicauda Mexico. 1985
Thermosphaeroma dugesi Mexico. 1893
Thermosphaeroma macrura Mexico. 1985
Thermosphaeroma mendozai Mexico. 2000
Thermosphaeroma milleri Mexico. 1981
Thermosphaeroma smithi Mexico. 1981
Thermosphaeroma subequalum Texas, USA. 1978
Thermosphaeroma thermophilum New Mexico, USA. 1897
Tholozodium ocellatum India. 1980
Tholozodium rhombofrontalis India. 1922
Waiteolana gibbera Western Australia. 1984
Waiteolana rugosa New South Wales. 1926
Waiteolana tuberculata South Argentina. 1967
Xynosphaera colemani Australia. 1994
Zuzara curtispina Western Central Pacific 1984
Zuzara digitata Western Pacific 1984
Zuzara furcifer South Africa. 1920
Zuzara semipunctata South Africa. 1818
Zuzara venosa Southwest Pacific 1876



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