Lekanesphaera hookeri

Lekanesphaera hookeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Family:	Sphaeromatidae
Genus:	Lekanesphaera
Species:	L. hookeri
Binomial name
	Lekanesphaera hookeri; (Leach, 1814)
Synonyms
	Exosphaeroma pulchellum Colosi, 1921; Oniscus conglobator Pallas, 1766; Oniscus globator Pallas, 1772; Sphaeroma hookeri Leach, 1814 ;

Lekanesphaera hookeri is a species of isopod in the family Sphaeromatidae. It can be found in the Black Sea where it curls into small spheres on the sandy benthos.

References

1 2 Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD, eds. (2026). "Lekanesphaera hookeri (Leach, 1814)". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 October 2026.
↑ Uryupova, E. F.; Shadrin, N. V. (1 March 2009). "Crustaceans in the splash and upper sublittoral zones of the Opukskii Nature Reserve (Crimea, Black Sea)". Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin. 64 (1): 44–48. Bibcode:2009MUBSB..64...44U. doi:10.3103/S009639250901009X. ISSN 1934-791X. S2CID 246565. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD, eds. (2026). "Lekanesphaera hookeri (Leach, 1814)". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 October 2026.

[2] Uryupova, E. F.; Shadrin, N. V. (1 March 2009). "Crustaceans in the splash and upper sublittoral zones of the Opukskii Nature Reserve (Crimea, Black Sea)". Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin. 64 (1): 44–48. Bibcode:2009MUBSB..64...44U. doi:10.3103/S009639250901009X. ISSN 1934-791X. S2CID 246565. Retrieved 3 April 2022.