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Thermosphaeroma
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Thermosphaeroma

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Thermosphaeroma is a genus of crustacean in family Sphaeromatidae. They occur exclusively in hot springs of southwestern United States and central Mexico.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassMalacostraca
  4. OrderIsopoda
  5. FamilySphaeromatidae
Habitatfreshwater

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Family
Sphaeromatidae
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Recorded in
United States

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Thermosphaeroma is a genus of crustacean in family Sphaeromatidae. They occur exclusively in hot springs of southwestern United States and central Mexico.

==Species== The genus contains eight species, most of which are listed on the IUCN Red List (EW: extinct in the wild; CR: critically endangered; EN: endangered; LC; least concern; NE: not evaluated): {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Species !! Authority !! Year !! IUCN status !! Distribution |- | Thermosphaeroma cavicauda || Bowman || 1985 || || |- | Thermosphaeroma dugesi || || 1893 || || |- | Thermosphaeroma macrura || Bowman || 1985 || || |- | Thermosphaeroma mendozai || Schotte || 2000 || || |- | Thermosphaeroma milleri || Bowman || 1981 || || |- | Thermosphaeroma smithi || Bowman || 1981 || || |- | Thermosphaeroma subequalum || Cole & Bane || 1978 || || , |- | Thermosphaeroma thermophilum || || 1897 || || |}

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