Lekanesphaera
''Lekanesphaera'' is a genus of Isopod in the family Sphaeromatidae. It was split off from Sphaeroma by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff, 1943.: The type species is ''L. monodi'' (formerly ''Sphaeroma monodi'' Arcangeli, 1934). Other well-studied species are ''L. glabella'' (Madera), ''L. rugicauda'' (Baltic), and ''L. hookeri'' (from Scotland and southeast Sweden to Italian lagoons). Because they inhabit intertidal zones such as estuaries, their adaptation to diurnal variations in factors such as salinity are often studied. Cladogram Lekanesphaera cladogram from the Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxonomic Info ... Lekanesphaera rugicauda ''Lekanesphaera rugicauda'', also called a "sea slater," is found in estuaries ranging from the Baltic, down to the Netherlands a ...
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