| Sphaeromatidae | |
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| Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Sphaeromatidea |
| Superfamily: | Sphaeromatoidea |
| Family: | Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825 |
| Type genus | |
| Sphaeroma | |
Sphaeromatidae (marine pillbug family) is a family of isopods, often encountered on rocky shores and in shelf waters in temperate zones.[1] The family includes almost 100 genera and 619 known marine species (and about 65 in fresh water). Within these genera, there are groups that share distinctive morphologies; further research may reclassify these genus-groups as separate families.[2]
- ^ Poore, Gary CB; Lew Ton, Helen M; Bruce, Niel L. (2002). "Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825". In Poore, Gary C. B. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19. Csiro Publishing. p. 221.
- ^ Poore, Gary C. B.; Bruce, Niel L. (September 2012). "Global Diversity of Marine Isopods (Except Asellota and Crustacean Symbionts)". PLOS ONE. 7 (9): e43529. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043529. PMC 3432053. PMID 22952700.