Sphaeromatidea is a
suborder
Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and ...
of
isopod
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, an ...
crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean gro ...
s.
Families
The suborder contains seven extant and three extinct families in two superfamilies:
*Sphaeromatidea
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Archaeoniscidae
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Seroloidea
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Basserolidae
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Bathynataliidae
Bathynataliidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Isopoda
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoske ...
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Plakarthriidae
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Schweglerellidae
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Serolidae
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Tricarinidae
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Sphaeromatoidea
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Ancinidae
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Sphaeromatidae
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Tecticipitidae
References
Isopoda
Arthropod suborders
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