Microcerberidae

Microcerberidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Microcerberidea
Family: Microcerberidae
Karaman, 1933
Genera
  • Afrocerberus
  • Bulgarocerberus
  • Coxicerberus
  • Isoyvesia
  • Mexicerberus
  • Microcerberus
  • Protocerberus

The Microcerberidae are a family of isopod crustaceans. They are less than 2 mm (0.079 in) long, and live interstitially in shallow marine or freshwater sand habitats.[1]

Marine microcerberids comprise the main part species diversity, but are very alike. As a group, they have very broad distribution:

Freshwater taxa are less abundant in species number (only 12 species), but are more morphologically diverse and include seven or eight genera. They have these distributions:

References

  1. Richard Brusca, Vania R. Coelho & Stefano Taiti. "Suborder Microcerberidea". Guide to the Coastal Marine Isopods of California. Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 2009-02-22.


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