Microcerberidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Suborder: | Microcerberidea |
Family: |
Microcerberidae Karaman, 1933 |
Genera | |
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.
Marine microcerberids comprise the main part species diversity, but are very alike. As a group, they have very broad distribution:
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: