Genus Spherillo Dana, 1852

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spherillo Dana, J.D. 1853. Crustacea. Part 2. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 13(2): 686-1618 [Folio atlas of 96 plates] [715].

  Type species (included species):

   Spherillo hawaiensis Dana, 1853; Spherillo spinosus Dana, 1853; Spherillo monolinus Dana, 1853; Spherillo vitiensis Dana, 1853
• Sphaerillo Verhoeff, K.W. 1926. Isopoda terrestria von Neu-Caledonien und den Loyalty Inseln. pp. 243-366 in Sarasin F. & Roux J. (eds). Nova Caledonia. Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty Inseln. A. Zoologie. Berlin : C.W. Kreide Verlag Vol. 4. [295] [unjustified emendation of Spherillo Dana, 1853].
• Spherillo Dana, J.D. 1852. On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. American Journal of Science and Arts 2 14(41): 297-316 [301].

  Type species:

   Spherillo vitiensis Dana, 1853 by subsequent designation, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2000. Opinion 1951. Spherillo Dana, 1852 (Crustacea, Isopoda): Spherillo vitiensis Dana, 1853 designated as type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 57: 126-127 [126].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Jackson, H.G. 1941. Check-list of the terrestrial and freshwater Isopoda of Oceania. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 99: 1-35
• Green, A.J.A. 1961. A study of Tasmanian Oniscoidea (Crustacea: Isopoda). Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 258-365 [352] (discussion of history of name; acceptance of Budde-Lund's (1904) section XIII of Spherillo as the restricted concept of this genus while realising that this includes none of Dana's originally included species; invalid designation of type species; discussion of Jackson's ambiguous attempt at designating a type species)
• Green, A.J.A., Ferrara, F. & Taiti, S. 1990. Terrestrial Isopoda from the Krakatau Islands, South Sumatra and West Java. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50: 417-436 [434] (highlighted confusion between Spherillo and Sphaerillo and earlier attempts to select a type species)
• Lehtinen, P.T., Taiti, S. & Ferrara, F. 1998. Spherillo Dana, 1852 (Crustacea: Isopoda): proposed designation of S. vitiensis Dana, 1853 as the type species, with designation of a neotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55: 217-219 (application to ICZN for designation of Spherillo vitiensis Dana, 1853 as type species)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific region.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Tasmania

Distribution References

General References

Green, A.J.A. in Poore, G.C.B. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Syncarida, Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. In Houston, W.W.K. & Beesley, P.L. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2A. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xii 434 pp. (The designation of Spherillo vitiensis Dana, 1853 as the type species of Spherillo Dana, 1852 is the essential first step towards rectifying the confused history of this genus. However, some Australian species listed under this genus can no longer be retained in it and a revision is needed)

 

History of changes

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