Malacostraca - Isopoda - Sphaeromidae

Full reference: H. Woodward. 1877. On the occurrence of Branchipus (or Chirocephalus) in a fossil state, associated with Eosphaeroma and with numerous Insect- Remains, in the Eocene Freshwater (Bembridge) Limestone of Gurnet Bay, Isle of Wright. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 35:342-350

Parent taxon: Sphaeromidae according to H. K. Brooks et al. 1969

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1877

Sister taxa: Archaeosphaeroma, Cyclosphaeroma, Hemibranchiatae, Heterosphaeroma, Isopodites, Protosphaeroma, Unusuropode

Subtaxa: Eosphaeroma fluviatile Eosphaeroma smithii

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Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Hempstead Ledge (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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