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Thermosphaeroma

{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Thermosphaeroma thermophilum male.jpg

| image_caption = Thermosphaeroma thermophilum

| taxon = Thermosphaeroma

| authority = Cole & Bane, 1978

| type_species = Sphaeroma dugesi

| type_species_authority = Dollfus, 1893

}}

Thermosphaeroma is a genus of crustacean in family Sphaeromatidae. They occur exclusively in hot springs of southwestern United States and central Mexico.{{cite journal |last=Schotte |first=Marilyn |year=2000 |title=Thermosphaeroma mendozai, a new species from hot springs in northern Chihuahua, Mexico (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=113 |issue=4 |pages=989–995 |url=http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/4152/4152.pdf}}

Species

The genus contains eight species,{{cite web |author1=Neil L. Bruce |author2=Marilyn Schotte |name-list-style=amp |year=2009 |title=Thermosphaeroma Cole & Bane, 1978 |editor1=M. Schotte |editor2=C. B. Boyko |editor3=N. L. Bruce |editor4=G. C. B. Poore |editor5=S. Taiti |editor6=G. D. F. Wilson |work=World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database |publisher=World Register of Marine Species |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=249399 |access-date=April 11, 2010}} 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):

class="wikitable sortable"

! Species !! Authority !! Year !! IUCN status !! Distribution

Thermosphaeroma cavicaudaBowman1985{{sort|4. CR|File:Status iucn CR icon.svg}} {{Cite iucn | author = Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group | title = Thermosphaeroma cavicauda | volume = 1996 | page = e.T21742A9316014 | date = 1996 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21742A9316014.en }}{{MEX}}
Thermosphaeroma dugesi{{sort|Dollfus|(Dollfus)}}1893{{sort|4. CR|File:Status iucn CR icon.svg}} {{Cite iucn | author = Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group | title = Thermosphaeroma dugesi | volume = 1996 | page = e.T21737A9315372 | date = 1996 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21737A9315372.en }}{{MEX}}
Thermosphaeroma macruraBowman1985{{sort|4. CR|File:Status iucn CR icon.svg}} {{Cite iucn | author = Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group | title = Thermosphaeroma macrura | volume = 1996 | page = e.T21743A9316045 | date = 1996 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21743A9316045.en }}{{MEX}}
Thermosphaeroma mendozaiSchotte2000{{sort|0. NE|File:Status iucn NE icon.svg}}{{MEX}}
Thermosphaeroma milleriBowman1981{{sort|3. EN|File:Status iucn EN icon.svg}} {{Cite iucn | author = Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group | title = Thermosphaeroma milleri | volume = 1996 | page = e.T21738A9315471 | date = 1996 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21738A9315471.en }}{{MEX}}
Thermosphaeroma smithiBowman1981{{sort|4. CR|File:Status iucn CR icon.svg}} {{Cite iucn | author = Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group | title = Thermosphaeroma smithi | volume = 1996 | page = e.T21739A9315570 | date = 1996 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21739A9315570.en }}{{MEX}}
Thermosphaeroma subequalumCole & Bane1978{{sort|1. LC|File:Status iucn LC icon.svg}} {{Cite iucn | author = Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group | title = Thermosphaeroma subequalum | volume = 1996 | page = e.T21740A9315788 | date = 1996 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21740A9315788.en }}{{MEX}}, {{USA}}
Thermosphaeroma thermophilum{{sort|Richardson|(Richardson)}}1897{{sort|5. EW|File:Status iucn EW icon.svg}} {{Cite iucn | author = Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group | title = Thermosphaeroma thermophilum | volume = 1996 | page = e.T21741A9315891 | date = 1996 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21741A9315891.en }}{{USA}}

References

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Category:Sphaeromatidae

Category:Isopod genera

Category:Freshwater crustaceans of North America

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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