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Family: Sphaeromatidae (See list of species below)

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191 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)
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Afrocerceis kenyensis
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Amphoroidea falcifer
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Amphoroidea longipes
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Amphoroidea typa
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Amphoroidella elliptica
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Austrasphaera berentsae
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Austrasphaera springthorpei
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Cassidias argentinea
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Cassidias australiensis
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Cassidinidea clarkae
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Cassidinidea mosaica
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Cassidinidea ovalis
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Cassidinopsis emarginata
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Cassidinopsis maculata
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Cerceis bicarinata
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Cerceis biforamina
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Cerceis pravipalma
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Cerceis pustulosa
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Cerceis sinensis
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Chitonosphaera lata
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Cilicaea caniculata
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Cilicaea crassicaudata
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Cilicaea latreillei
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Cilicaeopsis whiteleggei
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Clianella brucei
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Cymodoce acuta
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Cymodoce allegra
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Cymodoce emarginata
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Cymodoce fuscina
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Cymodoce hanseni
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Cymodoce japonica
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Cymodoce lirella
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Cymodoce longistylis
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Cymodoce multidens
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Cymodoce pelsarti
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Cymodoce richardsoniae
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Cymodoce ruetzleri
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Cymodoce spinosa
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Cymodoce tribullis
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Cymodoce truncata
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Cymodoce tuberculata
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Cymodoce valida
[Hump-tailed isopod]
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Cymodocella algoense
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Cymodocella foveolata
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Cymodocella georgiana
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Cymodocella guarapariensis
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Cymodocella tubicauda
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Cymodopsis beageli
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Discerceis granulosa
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Discerceis kensleyi
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Discerceis linguicauda
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Dynamene bicolor
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Dynamene bidentata
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Dynamene bifida
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Dynamene edwardsi
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Dynamene torelliae
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Dynamenella alveolata
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Dynamenella condita
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Dynamenella hirsuta
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Dynamenella huttoni
[Roll-tail isopod]
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Dynamenella liochroea
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Dynamenella nipponica
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Dynamenella perforata
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Dynamenella ptychura
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Dynamenella quadrilirata
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Dynamenella remex
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Dynamenella trachydermata
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Dynamenopsis varicolor
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Dynoides amblysinus
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Dynoides artocanalis
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Dynoides barnardii
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Dynoides brevicornis
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Dynoides brevispina
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Dynoides castroi
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Dynoides conchicola
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Dynoides crenulatus
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Dynoides daguilarensis
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Dynoides dentisinus
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Dynoides elegans
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Dynoides harrisoni
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Dynoides hoonsooi
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Dynoides indicus
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Dynoides longisinus
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Dynoides saldani
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Dynoides serratisinus
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Dynoides spinipodus
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Dynoides viridis
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Exosphaeroides quadricosta
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Exosphaeroma agmokara
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Exosphaeroma alveola
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Exosphaeroma chilensis
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Exosphaeroma falcatum
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Exosphaeroma gigas
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Exosphaeroma inornata
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Exosphaeroma obtusum
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Exosphaeroma parva
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Exosphaeroma productatelson
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Exosphaeroma pulchellum
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Exosphaeroma waitemata
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Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense
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Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis
[Stubby isopod]
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Harrieta faxoni
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Haswellia australiensis
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Haswellia longicollis
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Heterodina mccaini
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Holotelson tuberculatus
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Ischyromene australis
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Ischyromene australoides
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Ischyromene barnardi
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Ischyromene bicarinata
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Ischyromene brunnea
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Ischyromene codii
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Ischyromene condita
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Ischyromene cordiforaminalis
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Ischyromene eatoni
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Ischyromene hirsuta
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Ischyromene huttoni
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Ischyromene insulsa
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Ischyromene kokotahi
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Ischyromene lacazei
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Ischyromene menziesi
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Ischyromene mortenseni
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Ischyromene polytyla
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Ischyromene rubida
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Ischyromene sapmeri
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Ischyromene scabricula
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Ischyromene tuberculata
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Isocladus armatus
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Isocladus calcareus
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Koremasphaera colonus
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Lekanesphaera exosphaeroma
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Lekanesphaera hookeri
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Lekanesphaera levii
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Lekanesphaera monodi
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Lekanesphaera rugicauda
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Lekanesphaera terceirae
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Makarasphaera amnicosa
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Margueritta sandyi
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Maricoccus brucei
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Moruloidea darwinii
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Moruloidea fraudatrix
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Moruloidea ornata
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Moruloidea perionasus
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Oxinasphaera bisubula
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Oxinasphaera brucei
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Oxinasphaera furcata
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Oxinasphaera lowryi
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Oxinasphaera matucana
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Oxinasphaera multidens
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Oxinasphaera penteumbonata
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Oxinasphaera tetrodon
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Oxinasphaera tripartita
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Paracassidina fuscina
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Paracassidina munna
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Paracerceis caudata
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Paracerceis cohenae
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Paracerceis glynni
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Paracerceis holdichi
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Paracerceis nuttingi
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Paracerceis sculpta
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Paracereis caudata
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Paracilicaea asiatica
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Paracilicaea stauros
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Paradella dianae
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Paradella octaphymata
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Paradella quadripunctata
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Paradella tiffany
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Paraleptosphaeroma brucei
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Paraleptosphaeroma glynni
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Pedinura flindersia
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Pedinura mokari
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Platysphaera membranata
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Pseudosphaeroma campbellensis
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Pseudosphaeroma platense
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Scutuloidea maculata
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Sphaeroma annandalei
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Sphaeroma hookeri
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Sphaeroma khalijfarsi
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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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Sphaeroma serratum
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Sphaeroma terebrans
[Wood-boring isopod]
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Sphaeroma walkeri
[Fouling isopod]
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Sphaeromopsis petita
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Sphaeromopsis sei
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Sphaeromopsis sulcifera
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Zuzara curtispina
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Zuzara digitata
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Zuzara venosa
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191 Species of Family Sphaeromatidae
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Afrocerceis kenyensis Western Indian Ocean
Amphoroidea falcifer Southwest Pacific
Amphoroidea longipes Southwest Pacific
Amphoroidea typa Southeast Pacific
Amphoroidella elliptica Northwest Pacific and Eas
Austrasphaera berentsae Eastern Indian Ocean 0.38 TL
Austrasphaera springthorpei Indo-West Pacific 0.35 TL
Cassidias argentinea Southwest Atlantic
Cassidias australiensis Indo-West Pacific 0.43 TL
Cassidinidea clarkae Western Indian Ocean.
Cassidinidea mosaica Western Central Atlantic
Cassidinidea ovalis bays and inlets of the US
Cassidinopsis emarginata Southwest Atlantic and th
Cassidinopsis maculata Antarctic Indian Ocean
Cerceis bicarinata Eastern Indian Ocean
Cerceis biforamina Western Indian Ocean
Cerceis pravipalma Western Pacific
Cerceis pustulosa Western Pacific
Cerceis sinensis Northwest Pacific
Chitonosphaera lata Western Pacific
Cilicaea caniculata Southwest Pacific
Cilicaea crassicaudata Western Pacific
Cilicaea latreillei Indo-West Pacific
Cilicaeopsis whiteleggei Indo-West Pacific.
Clianella brucei Western Pacific
Cymodoce acuta Northwest Pacific
Cymodoce allegra Southwest Pacific
Cymodoce emarginata Mediterranean Sea
Cymodoce fuscina Western Indian Ocean
Cymodoce hanseni Mediterranean Sea
Cymodoce japonica Western Central Pacific
Cymodoce lirella Western Indian Ocean.
Cymodoce longistylis Indo-West Pacific
Cymodoce multidens Western Central Pacific
Cymodoce pelsarti Indo-West Pacific
Cymodoce richardsoniae Western Indian Ocean
Cymodoce ruetzleri Western Central Atlantic
Cymodoce spinosa Mediterranean Sea
Cymodoce tribullis Western Central Pacific
Cymodoce truncata Mediterranean Sea. 1.57 BL
Cymodoce tuberculata Mediterranean Sea
Cymodoce valida Hump-tailed isopod Western Indian Ocean
Cymodocella algoense Western Indian Ocean
Cymodocella foveolata Southeast Pacific.
Cymodocella georgiana Antarctic Atlantic
Cymodocella guarapariensis Southwest Atlantic.
Cymodocella tubicauda Southern Pacific, Northea
Cymodopsis beageli Southeast Pacific and Ant
Discerceis granulosa Eastern Central Pacific
Discerceis kensleyi Western Central Atlantic
Discerceis linguicauda Yucatan, Mexico.
Dynamene bicolor Mediterranean and Black S
Dynamene bidentata Northeast Atlantic
Dynamene bifida Mediterranean Sea
Dynamene edwardsi Mediterranean Sea
Dynamene torelliae Mediterranean Sea
Dynamenella alveolata Western Indian Ocean.
Dynamenella condita Southwest Pacific
Dynamenella hirsuta Southwest Pacific
Dynamenella huttoni Roll-tail isopod Southwest Pacific.
Dynamenella liochroea Western Central Pacific 0.3 BL
Dynamenella nipponica Northwest Pacific
Dynamenella perforata Puerto Rico.
Dynamenella ptychura Western Central Pacific 2.72 BL
Dynamenella quadrilirata Western Central Atlantic
Dynamenella remex Western Indian Ocean.
Dynamenella trachydermata Indo-West Pacific 0.245 BL
Dynamenopsis varicolor Western Pacific
Dynoides amblysinus Indo-West Pacific.
Dynoides artocanalis Northwest Pacific
Dynoides barnardii Southwest Pacific
Dynoides brevicornis Northwest Pacific
Dynoides brevispina Northwest Pacific
Dynoides castroi Southwest Atlantic
Dynoides conchicola Northwest Pacific
Dynoides crenulatus Eastern Central Pacific 0.475 TL
Dynoides daguilarensis Northwest Pacific 0.79 BL
Dynoides dentisinus Northwest Pacific
Dynoides elegans Eastern Central Pacific
Dynoides harrisoni Western Pacific
Dynoides hoonsooi Northwest Pacific
Dynoides indicus Eastern Indian Ocean
Dynoides longisinus Northwest Pacific
Dynoides saldani Eastern Central Pacific
Dynoides serratisinus Indo-West Pacific
Dynoides spinipodus Northwest Pacific
Dynoides viridis Western Central Pacific
Exosphaeroides quadricosta Southeast Pacific
Exosphaeroma agmokara Southwest Pacific 0.77 TL
Exosphaeroma alveola Southwest Pacific 0.66 TL
Exosphaeroma chilensis Southwest Pacific
Exosphaeroma falcatum Southwest Pacific 0.25 TL
Exosphaeroma gigas Southern Ocean. Subtropi
Exosphaeroma inornata Northeast Pacific
Exosphaeroma obtusum Southwest Pacific
Exosphaeroma parva Eastern Indian Ocean.
Exosphaeroma productatelson Puerto Rico.
Exosphaeroma pulchellum Mediterranean and the Bla
Exosphaeroma waitemata Southwest Pacific.
Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense Northeast Pacific
Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis Stubby isopod Eastern Pacific and North
Harrieta faxoni Gulf of Mexico.
Haswellia australiensis Western Central Pacific
Haswellia longicollis Western Central Pacific
Heterodina mccaini Western Indian Ocean.
Holotelson tuberculatus Northwest Pacific
Ischyromene australis Southern Atlantic
Ischyromene australoides Southeast Atlantic
Ischyromene barnardi Western Central Atlantic
Ischyromene bicarinata Mediterranean Sea
Ischyromene brunnea Western Indian Ocean
Ischyromene codii Eastern Central Pacific
Ischyromene condita Southwest Pacific
Ischyromene cordiforaminalis Southwest Pacific
Ischyromene eatoni Southwest Atlantic and th
Ischyromene hirsuta Southwest Pacific
Ischyromene huttoni Southwest Pacific
Ischyromene insulsa Southwest Pacific
Ischyromene kokotahi Southwest Pacific
Ischyromene lacazei Northeast Atlantic and th
Ischyromene menziesi Southeast Pacific and Sou
Ischyromene mortenseni Southwest Pacific
Ischyromene polytyla Western Central Pacific
Ischyromene rubida Southwest Pacific
Ischyromene sapmeri Western Indian Ocean
Ischyromene scabricula Southeast Atlantic
Ischyromene tuberculata Southeast Pacific
Isocladus armatus Southwest Pacific
Isocladus calcareus Southwest Atlantic and So
Koremasphaera colonus Eastern Indian Ocean
Lekanesphaera exosphaeroma Western Central Pacific
Lekanesphaera hookeri Northeast Atlantic and th 1.1 BL
Lekanesphaera levii France.
Lekanesphaera monodi Northeast Atlantic and th
Lekanesphaera rugicauda Northeast Atlantic
Lekanesphaera terceirae Northeast Atlantic
Makarasphaera amnicosa Southwest Pacific.
Margueritta sandyi Eastern Indian Ocean
Maricoccus brucei Eastern Indian Ocean.
Moruloidea darwinii Southwest Atlantic and An
Moruloidea fraudatrix Antarctic Indian Ocean
Moruloidea ornata Antarctic Indian Ocean
Moruloidea perionasus Eastern Indian Ocean
Oxinasphaera bisubula Eastern Indian Ocean
Oxinasphaera brucei Western Indian Ocean.
Oxinasphaera furcata Western Indian Ocean.
Oxinasphaera lowryi Southwest Pacific
Oxinasphaera matucana Western Indian Ocean.
Oxinasphaera multidens Western Central Pacific
Oxinasphaera penteumbonata Western Indian Ocean
Oxinasphaera tetrodon Western Indian Ocean.
Oxinasphaera tripartita Western Central Pacific
Paracassidina fuscina Eastern Indian Ocean.
Paracassidina munna Western Central Pacific
Paracerceis caudata Western Atlantic
Paracerceis cohenae Western Central Atlantic
Paracerceis glynni Western Central Atlantic
Paracerceis holdichi Western Central Pacific
Paracerceis nuttingi Western Central Atlantic
Paracerceis sculpta Pacific Ocean.
Paracereis caudata Western Central Atlantic
Paracilicaea asiatica Indo-West Pacific.
Paracilicaea stauros Western Indian Ocean.
Paradella dianae Northwest Pacific, Centra 0.488 BL
Paradella octaphymata Western Central Pacific 3.4 BL
Paradella quadripunctata Puerto Rico.
Paradella tiffany Eastern Central Pacific
Paraleptosphaeroma brucei Western Pacific
Paraleptosphaeroma glynni Western Central Atlantic
Pedinura flindersia Eastern Indian Ocean 0.55 TL
Pedinura mokari Eastern Indian Ocean 0.32 TL
Platysphaera membranata Western Central Pacific
Pseudosphaeroma campbellensis Southwest Pacific
Pseudosphaeroma platense Southwest Atlantic
Scutuloidea maculata Southwest Pacific
Sphaeroma annandalei Indian Ocean.
Sphaeroma hookeri Northeast Atlantic
Sphaeroma khalijfarsi Western Indian Ocean
Sphaeroma quadridentatum Sea pill bug Georgia & East Florida, U
Sphaeroma quoyanum Burrowing australian isopod Pacific. Tropical to sub
Sphaeroma retrolaeve Northwest Pacific
Sphaeroma rugicauda Northeast Atlantic
Sphaeroma serratum Northeast Atlantic, Medit 1.4 BL
Sphaeroma terebrans Wood-boring isopod Indo-West Pacific
Sphaeroma walkeri Fouling isopod Indo-Pacific, Western Atl
Sphaeromopsis petita Western Indian Ocean
Sphaeromopsis sei Eastern Indian Ocean
Sphaeromopsis sulcifera Western Indian Ocean.
Zuzara curtispina Western Central Pacific
Zuzara digitata Western Pacific
Zuzara venosa Southwest Pacific



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