Microcerberidae

Microcerberidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Microcerberidea
Family:	Microcerberidae; Karaman, 1933
Genera
	Afrocerberus; Bulgarocerberus; Coxicerberus; Isoyvesia; Mexicerberus; Microcerberus; Protocerberus;

The Microcerberidae are a family of isopod crustaceans. They are less than 2 mm (0.079 in) long, and live interstitially in shallow marine or freshwater sand habitats.^[1]

Marine microcerberids comprise the main part species diversity, but are very alike. As a group, they have very broad distribution:

the majority of Coxicerberus: Americas, southern coasts of Europe, Africa, warm waters of Asia, New Zealand
"Microcerberus" monodi: Angola

Freshwater taxa are less abundant in species number (only 12 species), but are more morphologically diverse and include seven or eight genera. They have these distributions:

Afrocerberus and Protocerberus: central and southern Africa
Bulgarocerberus: Bulgaria
Isoyvesia: Cuba
Mexicerberus: Mexico
Microcerberus: South Carolina, Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia
"Microcerberus" remyi: Morocco
Coxicerberus ruffoi: northern Italy

References

^ Richard Brusca, Vania R. Coelho & Stefano Taiti. "Suborder Microcerberidea". Guide to the Coastal Marine Isopods of California. Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 2009-02-22.

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[1] Richard Brusca, Vania R. Coelho & Stefano Taiti. "Suborder Microcerberidea". Guide to the Coastal Marine Isopods of California. Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 2009-02-22.

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