Thermosphaeroma Explained
Thermosphaeroma is a genus of crustacean in family Sphaeromatidae. They occur exclusively in hot springs of southwestern United States and central Mexico.[1]
Species
The genus contains eight species,[2] 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):
Notes and References
- Schotte . Marilyn . 2000 . Thermosphaeroma mendozai, a new species from hot springs in northern Chihuahua, Mexico (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) . Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . 113 . 4 . 989–995 .
- Web site: Neil L. Bruce . Marilyn Schotte . amp . 2009 . Thermosphaeroma Cole & Bane, 1978 . M. Schotte . C. B. Boyko . N. L. Bruce . G. C. B. Poore . S. Taiti . G. D. F. Wilson . World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database . . April 11, 2010.
- Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group . Thermosphaeroma cavicauda . 1996 . e.T21742A9316014 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21742A9316014.en .
- Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group . Thermosphaeroma dugesi . 1996 . e.T21737A9315372 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21737A9315372.en .
- Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group . Thermosphaeroma macrura . 1996 . e.T21743A9316045 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21743A9316045.en .
- Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group . Thermosphaeroma milleri . 1996 . e.T21738A9315471 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21738A9315471.en .
- Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group . Thermosphaeroma smithi . 1996 . e.T21739A9315570 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21739A9315570.en .
- Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group . Thermosphaeroma subequalum . 1996 . e.T21740A9315788 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21740A9315788.en .
- Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group . Thermosphaeroma thermophilum . 1996 . e.T21741A9315891 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21741A9315891.en .