Exosphaeroma is a genus of marine isopod of the family Sphaeromatidae. This genus is found in shallow ocean waters worldwide. It is notable for being one of the few genera of sphaeromatid to be found in the southern reaches of the Southern Ocean. The greatest diversity of Exosphaeroma occurs in the Southern Hemisphere.[1]

Exosphaeroma
Exosphaeroma Planum
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Exosphaeroma

Stebbing, 1900
Type species
Exosphaeroma gigas
(Leach, 1818)

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Exosphaeroma:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Wall, Adam R.; Bruce, Niel L.; Wetzer, Regina (18 May 2015). "Status of Exosphaeroma amplicauda (Stimpson, 1857), E. aphrodita (Boone, 1923) and description of three new species (Crustacea, Isopoda, Sphaeromatidae) from the north-eastern Pacific". ZooKeys (504): 11–58. doi:10.3897/zookeys.504.8049. PMC 4443524. PMID 26019675.
  2. ^ Niel L. Bruce, Marilyn Schotte. Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Exosphaeroma Stebbing, 1900". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 January 2016.