Sphaeroma papillae is a species of isopod in the family Sphaeromatidae known from and potentially endemic to southern New England.[1][2][3] It was described from Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island in 1938 and has since then been found in other locations on the north shores of Long Island and Cape Cod.[4][2] It can be told from the similar Sphaeroma quadridentatum by the presence of two tubercles on the telson and the unserrated outer margin of the outer uropod branch.[4] This species tends to be found in places of the intertidal zone where there is a direct influence with fresh water, such as seeps and pond outlets.[4]

Sphaeroma papillae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Sphaeromatidae
Genus: Sphaeroma
Species:
S. papillae
Binomial name
Sphaeroma papillae
(Bayliff, 1938)
Synonyms[1]
  • Exosphaeroma papillae Bayliff, 1938

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sphaeroma papillae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ a b "Sphaeroma papillae species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ "Sphaeroma papillae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  4. ^ a b c Bayliff, W. H. (1938). A New Isopod Crustacean (Sphaeromidae) from Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 57(2), 213-217.