Sphaeromatidea
Suborder of crustaceans
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Sphaeromatidea is a suborder of isopod crustaceans.[2]
| Sphaeromatidea Temporal range: Bajocian to Present | |
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| Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Sphaeromatidea Wägele, 1989 |
| Superfamilies | |
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Families
The suborder contains seven extant and three extinct families in two superfamilies:[3]
- Sphaeromatidea
- †Archaeoniscidae?
- Seroloidea Dana, 1852[4]
- Basserolidae Brandt & Poore, 2003
- Bathynataliidae Kensley, 1978
- Plakarthriidae Hansen, 1905
- †Schweglerellidae Brandt, Crame, Polz & Thomson, 1999
- Serolidae Dana, 1852
- †Tricarinidae Feldmann, Kolahdouz, Biranvand & Schweigert, 2007
- Sphaeromatoidea Latreille, 1825[5]
- Ancinidae Dana, 1852
- Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825
- Tecticipitidae Iverson, 1982