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Species Sphaeroma serratum (Fabricius, 1787)

Oniscus serratum Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericus, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Vol. 1 xx 348 pp. [242].
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.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022		04-May-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		29-Jun-2010	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED