# Serolidae

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{{Short description|Family of crustaceans}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Serolis bromleyana - Brehms Tierleben X Niedere Tiere.png
| image_caption = ''[Brucerolis bromleyana](/source/Brucerolis_bromleyana)''
| taxon = Serolidae
| authority = [Dana](/source/James_Dwight_Dana), 1852
}}

'''Serolidae''' is a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [isopod](/source/Isopoda) [crustacean](/source/crustacean)s. The family encompasses 22 genera with 109 species. These species are exclusively marine and are distributed across the [marine realm](/source/marine_realm)s as follows: one species can be found in the [Temperate Northern Atlantic](/source/Temperate_Northern_Atlantic), one species in the [Temperate Northern Pacific](/source/Temperate_Northern_Pacific), seven species in the [Tropical Atlantic](/source/Tropical_Atlantic), six species in the [Central Indo-Pacific](/source/Central_Indo-Pacific), 16 species in [Temperate South America](/source/Temperate_South_America), one species in [Temperate Southern Africa](/source/Temperate_Southern_Africa), 20 species in [Temperate Australasia](/source/Temperate_Australasia), and 31 species in the [Southern Ocean](/source/Southern_Ocean).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bruce |first1=Niel L. |last2=Poore |first2=Gary C. B. |date=2012-08-31 |title=Global Diversity of Marine Isopods (Except Asellota and Crustacean Symbionts) |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=7 |issue=8 |article-number=e43529 |bibcode=2012PLoSO...743529P |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0043529 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=3432053 |pmid=22952700 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

== Genera ==
Serolidae contains the following genera :<ref>{{cite WoRMS|author=WoRMS|year=2011|title=Serolidae|db=Isopod|id=118276|accessdate=November 27, 2011}}</ref>{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
*''[Acanthoserolis](/source/Acanthoserolis)'' <small>Brandt, 1988</small>
*''[Acutiserolis](/source/Acutiserolis)'' <small>Brandt, 1988</small>
*''[Atlantoserolis](/source/Atlantoserolis)'' <small>Wägele, 1994</small>
*''[Basserolis](/source/Basserolis)'' <small>Poore, 1985</small>
*''[Brazilserolis](/source/Brazilserolis)'' <small>Wägele, 1994</small>
*''[Brucerolis](/source/Brucerolis)'' <small>Poore & Storey, 2009</small>
*''[Caecoserolis](/source/Caecoserolis)'' <small>Wägele, 1994</small>
*''[Ceratoserolis](/source/Ceratoserolis)'' <small>Cals, 1977</small>
*''[Cristaserolis](/source/Cristaserolis)'' <small>Brandt, 1988</small>
*''[Frontoserolis](/source/Frontoserolis)'' <small>Brandt, 1991</small>
*''[Glabroserolis](/source/Glabroserolis)'' <small>Menzies, 1962</small>
*''[Heteroserolis](/source/Heteroserolis)'' <small>Brandt, 1991</small>
*''[Leptoserolis](/source/Leptoserolis)'' <small>Brandt, 1988</small>
*''[Myopiarolis](/source/Myopiarolis)'' <small>Bruce, 2009</small>
*''[Neoserolis](/source/Neoserolis)'' <small>Wägele, 1994</small>
*''[Paraserolis](/source/Paraserolis)'' <small>Wägele, 1994</small>
*''[Sedorolis](/source/Sedorolis)'' <small>Bruce, 2009</small>
*''[Septemserolis](/source/Septemserolis)'' <small>Wägele, 1994</small>
*''[Serolella](/source/Serolella)'' <small>Pfeffer, 1891</small>
*''[Serolina](/source/Serolina)'' <small>Poore, 1987</small>
*''[Serolis](/source/Serolis)'' <small>Leach, 1818</small>
*''[Spinoserolis](/source/Spinoserolis)'' <small>Brandt, 1988</small>
*''[Thysanoserolis](/source/Thysanoserolis)'' <small>Brandt, 1991</small>
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<gallery>
File:DSC03903c.jpg|Underside of an unidentified (dried) marine serolid isopod seen on the shore in Punta Arenas, Chile. About 3–4&nbsp;cm in length.
File:DSC03894c.jpg|Molt of an unidentified (dried) marine serolid isopod seen on the shore in Punta Arenas, Chile. About 3–4&nbsp;cm in length.
File:DSC03899c.jpg|An unidentified (dried) marine serolid isopod seen on the shore in Punta Arenas, Chile. About 3–4&nbsp;cm in length.
</gallery>

==References==
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Category:Sphaeromatidea
Category:Isopod families
Category:Serolidae

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