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  Family Sphaeromatidae

Genus Thermosphaeroma

    Species T. thermophilum -- North America.
    Species T. cavicauda
    Species T. dugesi
    Species T. macrura
    Species T. milleri
    Species T. smithi
    Species T. subequalum

Taxon Information

The Genus Thermosphaeroma has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Thermosphaeroma, "Two species in southwestern United States" (Covich et al., 2010).
• Thermosphaeroma, one species in hot springs near Socorro, NM, and another in hot springs in western TX (Smith, 2001).

Bibliography

• Covich, A.P., J.H. Thorp & D.C. Rogers. 2010. Introduction to the Subphylum Crustacea. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 695-723.
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Isopoda (Aquatic sow bugs). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 553-567.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System