Species Sphaeroma serratum (Fabricius, 1787)
Type data:
Status unknown, specific locality unknown (as Oceano Hispanico Dom. Vahl.).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Atlantic coast of Europe and Africa, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Suez Canal.
Introduced from Europe probably.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, intertidal, marine, wood-borer.
General References
Hass, C.G. & Knott, B. 1998. Sphaeromatid isopod from the Swan River, Western Australia: diversity, distribution, and geographic sources. Crustaceana 71: 36-46 (ecology in WA)
Holdich, D.M. & Harrison, K. 1983. Sphaeromatid isopods (Crustacea) from brackish waters in Queensland, Australia. Zoologica Scripta 12: 127-140 (habitat)
Holdich, D.M. & Tolba, M.R. 1985. On the occurrence of Sphaeroma serratum (Isopoda, Sphaeromatidae) in an Egyptian inland salt lake. Crustaceana 49: 211-214 (distribution, biology)
Hutchings, P.A., van der Velde, J.T. & Keable, S.J. 1987. Guidelines for the conducting of surveys for detecting introductions of non-indigenous marine species by ballast water and other vectors – and a review of marine introductions to Australia. Occasional Report of the Australian Museum 3: 1-147 (introduction to Australia)
Jacobs, B.J.M. 1987. A taxonomic revision of the European, Mediterranean and NW African species generally placed in Sphaeroma Bosc, 1802 (Isopoda: Flabellifera: Sphaeromatidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 238: 1-71 (synonymy, redescription)
Negoescu, I. 1979. Observations sur le polychromatisme de Sphaeroma serratum et de S. pulchellum (Isopoda, Flabellifera, Sphaeromatidae). Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" 20: 171-176 (polychromatism)
History of changes
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29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |