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Sponge isopod

Paracerceis sculpta (Holmes, 1904)

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The sponge isopod (Paracerceis sculpta) is a species in the family Sphaeromatidae, order Isopoda.

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Quick facts about the sponge isopod

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 sponge isopod live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the sponge isopod as introduced in 8 countries.

  1. Australia
  2. Greece
  3. Italy
  4. Japan
  5. Malta
  6. Portugal
  7. South Africa
  8. Tunisia

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 sponge isopod 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 sponge isopod classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderIsopoda
  5. familySphaeromatidae
  6. genusParacerceis
  7. SpeciesParacerceis sculpta (Holmes, 1904)

Synonyms Cilicaea sculpta, Dynamene sculpta, Paracerceis angra, Paracerceis japonica, Sergiella angra

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Isópodo EsculpidoSpanish
  • ツノオウミセミJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sponge isopod

Other species in the same genus Paracerceis.

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Common questions

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Is the sponge isopod an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the sponge isopod as introduced in 8 countries, including Australia, Greece, Italy, Japan and Malta, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the sponge isopod?

The sponge isopod (Paracerceis sculpta) 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). Sponge isopod (Paracerceis sculpta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sponge-isopod

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BibTeX
@misc{sponge_isopod_2026,
  title = {Sponge isopod (Paracerceis sculpta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sponge-isopod},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}