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Sphaeroma walkeri

Status not recordedcrustaceans

Sphaeroma walkeri is a species in the family Sphaeromatidae, order Isopoda.

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Quick facts about Sphaeroma walkeri

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 Sphaeroma walkeri live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Sphaeroma walkeri as introduced in 12 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Chinainvasive
  2. Australia
  3. Egypt
  4. France
  5. Israel
  6. Lebanon
  7. Mexico
  8. Portugal
  9. Romania
  10. South Africa
  11. Türkiye
  12. 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 Sphaeroma walkeri 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 Sphaeroma walkeri classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderIsopoda
  5. familySphaeromatidae
  6. genusSphaeroma
  7. SpeciesSphaeroma walkeri Stebbing, 1905
Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Sphérome de Walker (Le)French
  • 瓦氏團水虱Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Sphaeroma walkeri

Other species in the same genus Sphaeroma.

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Sphaeroma quadridentatum

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Sphaeroma walkeri an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags Sphaeroma walkeri as invasive in 1 country: China. It lists it as introduced in 12 in all.

What kind of animal is Sphaeroma walkeri?

Sphaeroma walkeri (Sphaeroma walkeri) 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). Sphaeroma walkeri (Sphaeroma walkeri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sphaeroma-walkeri

MLA

“Sphaeroma walkeri (Sphaeroma walkeri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sphaeroma-walkeri.

BibTeX
@misc{sphaeroma_walkeri_2026,
  title = {Sphaeroma walkeri (Sphaeroma walkeri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sphaeroma-walkeri},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}