Caecosphaeroma | |
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As a troglodytic genus, Caecosphaeroma lacks eyes | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Family: | Sphaeromatidae |
Genus: | Caecosphaeroma Dollfus, 1896 |
Species | |
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Caecosphaeroma is a troglodytic isopod genus in the family Sphaeromatidae found in caves of NE and SW France. The genus was split off from Monolistra by Adrien Dollfus in 1896; in both genera, the female carries about 10 fertilized eggs in its external marsupium (brood pouch); they are white in Monolistra but bluish-green in Caecosphaeroma.[1] C. burgundum is the most studied species.