Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Microcerberidea

Microcerberidae Karaman, 1940

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bulgarocerberus Baldari & Argano, 1984
Microcerberus Karaman, 1933
Robustura Gnanamuthu, 1954

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: スナナナフシ科

Literature

original description	Karaman, S. (1940). Die unterirdischen Isopoden Südserbiens. Glasnik, Bulletin de la Société Scientifique de Skoplje. 22: 19-53.
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].
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
status source	Karaman, S. (1933). Microcerberus stygius, der dritte Isopod aus dem Grundwasser von Skoplje, Jugoslawien. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 102: 165-169.

Genbank

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. Microcerberidae Karaman, 1940. 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:118279

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Microcerberidae Karaman, 1940. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/cc0c3d41-abed-4f31-ae52-9f9add6d0099