Paracerceis
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Paracerceis is a genus of isopod
crustacean
in the family Sphaeromatidae
. It contains the following species:
Isopoda
Isopods are an order of peracarid crustaceans, including familiar animals such as woodlice and pill bugs. The name Isopoda derives from the Greek roots and...
crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
in the family Sphaeromatidae
Sphaeromatidae
Sphaeromatidae is a family of isopods, containing the following genera:*Afrocerceis Müller, 1995*Agostodina Bruce, 1994*Amphoroidea H...
. It contains the following species:
- Paracerceis caudata (Say, 1818)
- Paracerceis cohenae Kensley, 1984
- Paracerceis cordata (Richardson, 1899)
- Paracerceis dollfusi Lombardo, 1985
- Paracerceis edithaeParacerceis edithaeParacerceis edithae is a species of marine isopod. It lives below the intertidal zone in the Caribbean Sea. It was first classified in 1930 after being found in Haiti but was rediscovered in 1972 in Puerto Rico....
Boone, 1930 - Paracerceis gilliana (Richardson, 1899)
- Paracerceis glynni Kensley, 1984
- Paracerceis holdichi Kussakin & Malyutina, 1993
- Paracerceis nuttingi (Boone, 1921)
- Paracerceis richardsonae Lombardo, 1988
- Paracerceis sculptaParacerceis sculptaParacerceis sculpta is a species of marine isopod between and in length. The species lives mainly in the intertidal zone, and is native to the Northeast Pacific from Southern California to Mexico, but has since been introduced to many other countries. Adults are herbivorous and consume algae but...
(Holmes, 1904) - Paracerceis spinulosa Espinosa-Perez & Hendrickx, 2002
- Paracerceis tomentosa Schultz & McCloskey, 1967