Caecosphaeroma

Caecosphaeroma
As a troglodytic genus, Caecosphaeroma lacks eyes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Sphaeromatidae
Genus: Caecosphaeroma
Dollfus, 1896
Species

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.

  1. ^ Sket, Boris (1986). "Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae" (PDF). Ann. Univ. Saraviensis (3): 104–159. Retrieved April 22, 2020.