Sphaeroma papillae
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| Sphaeroma papillae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Sphaeromatidae |
| Genus: | Sphaeroma |
| Species: | S. papillae |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphaeroma papillae (Bayliff, 1938) | |
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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]
