Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Sphaeromatidea > Superfamily Sphaeromatoidea > Family Sphaeromatidae

Lekanesphaera Verhoeff, 1942

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Europosphaera Verhoeff, 1942 synonym
Europosphaera (Lekanesphaera) Verhoeff, 1942 synonym

Children

Lekanesphaera bocqueti (Daguerre de Hureaux, Hoestlandt & Lejuez, 1961)
Lekanesphaera ephippium (Costa, 1882)
Lekanesphaera glabella Jacobs, 1987
Lekanesphaera hoestlandti (Daguerre de Hureaux, Elkaim & Lejuez, 1965)
Lekanesphaera hookeri (Leach, 1814)
Lekanesphaera levii (Argano & Ponticelli, 1981)
Lekanesphaera marginata (H. Milne Edwards, 1840)
Lekanesphaera monodi (Arcangeli, 1934)
Lekanesphaera panousei (Daguerre de Hureaux, Elkaïm & Lejuez, 1964)
Lekanesphaera rugicauda (Leach, 1814)
Lekanesphaera sardoa (Arcangeli, 1934)
Lekanesphaera teissieri (Bocquet & Lejuez, 1967)
Lekanesphaera terceirae Jacobs, 1987
Lekanesphaera weilli (Elkaïm, 1967)

Literature

basis of record

van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 315-321

additional source

Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25].

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Citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Lekanesphaera Verhoeff, 1942. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118431

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2023-06-28 by Christopher B. Boyko

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