WoRMS name details
Sphaerozoum fuscum Meyen, 1834
1704284 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1704284)
uncertain > unassessed
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Meyen, F.J.F. (1834). Uber das leuchten des Meeres, und Beschreibuhg einiger Polypen und anderer niederer Thierre. [Did you mean: Über das leuchten des Meeres, und Beschreibung einiger Polypen und anderer niederer Thierre. [On the luminescence of the sea, and description of some polyps and other lower animals.]. <em>In: Meyen, F. J. F. (ed.) IBeitrage zur Zoologie, gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde. Verhandlungen den Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher .</em> 16: 125-216., available online at http://books.google.ch/books?id=_ckAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false [details] 
Taxonomic remark Many Sphaerozoum species have been described (see Mikrotax catalog pages) but few have been subsequently reported, and no...
Taxonomic remark Many Sphaerozoum species have been described (see Mikrotax catalog pages) but few have been subsequently reported, and no larger study of this genus has been done. Sphaerozoum punctatum is almost the only species in common use. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Sphaerozoum fuscum Meyen, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1704284 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Meyen, F.J.F. (1834). Uber das leuchten des Meeres, und Beschreibuhg einiger Polypen und anderer niederer Thierre. [Did you mean: Über das leuchten des Meeres, und Beschreibung einiger Polypen und anderer niederer Thierre. [On the luminescence of the sea, and description of some polyps and other lower animals.]. <em>In: Meyen, F. J. F. (ed.) IBeitrage zur Zoologie, gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde. Verhandlungen den Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher .</em> 16: 125-216., available online at http://books.google.ch/books?id=_ckAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Biard, T.; Pillet, L.; Decelle, J.; Poirier, C.; Suzuki, N.; Not, F. (2015). Towards an Integrative Morpho-molecular Classification of the Collodaria (Polycystinea, Radiolaria). <em>Protist.</em> 166(3): 374-388., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.protis.2015.05.002 [details] Available for editors 
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ecology source Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. <em>Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.</em> 70(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12972 [details]
[request]ecology source Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. <em>Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.</em> 70(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12972 [details]
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Taxonomic remark Many Sphaerozoum species have been described (see Mikrotax catalog pages) but few have been subsequently reported, and no larger study of this genus has been done. Sphaerozoum punctatum is almost the only species in common use. [details]
