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Mangroveborer

Sphaeroma terebrans Spence Bate, 1866

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The mangroveborer (Sphaeroma terebrans) is a species in the family Sphaeromatidae, order Isopoda.

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Quick facts about the mangroveborer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the mangroveborer live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mangroveborer as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Brunei
  2. Mexico
  3. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the mangroveborer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the mangroveborer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderIsopoda
  5. familySphaeromatidae
  6. genusSphaeroma
  7. SpeciesSphaeroma terebrans Spence Bate, 1866

Synonyms Neosphaeroma destructor, Sphaeroma destructor, Sphaeroma vastator

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Mangrove boring isopodEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mangroveborer

Other species in the same genus Sphaeroma.

Sea pill bug

Sphaeroma quadridentatum

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the mangroveborer an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mangroveborer as introduced in 3 countries: Brunei, Mexico and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the mangroveborer?

The mangroveborer (Sphaeroma terebrans) belongs to the family Sphaeromatidae in the order Isopoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mangroveborer (Sphaeroma terebrans). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mangroveborer

MLA

“Mangroveborer (Sphaeroma terebrans).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mangroveborer.

BibTeX
@misc{mangroveborer_2026,
  title = {Mangroveborer (Sphaeroma terebrans)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mangroveborer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}