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Nassaquatuck Seapill

Sphaeroma papillae

Classification

Order
Isopoda

Sphaeroma papillae is a species of isopod in the family Sphaeromatidae known from and potentially endemic to southern New England. It was described from Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island in 1938 and has since then been found in other locations on the north shores of Long Island and Cape Cod. It can be told from the similar Sphaeroma quadridentatum by the presence of two tubercles on the telson and the unserrated outer margin of the outer uropod branch.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 5