Sphaeromatidae::Sphaeromatid Diversity Map


	Sphaeromatid Diversity Map

Map Color	Region	Genera	Species	Notes	Sources
	Northeast Pacific	11	33	Canada to Mexico	Museum records and diverse
	Caribbean	14	29		Kensley & Schotte 1989
	Brazil	8	17		Loyola e Silva 1960, & later
	Northeast Atlantic	6	49	British Isles, Azores, Canaries to Morocco, including the Mediterranean	Diverse
	South Africa	20	71		Kensley 1978
	Western Indian Ocean	18	57	Pakistan to Mozambique Including Seychelles and other islands	Diverse; Bruce data; Kensley 2001
	Northeastern Indian Ocean	?	?	Sri Lanka, Thailand to western Indonesia and Northern Australia	Not really any good data for this important region
	Southeast Asia	28	45	Phuket to Bali and Vietnam to Hainan	Kussakin & Malyutina 1992, Bruce & Wetzer data
	Southwestern Australia	28	45	Australian Bight to Port Hedland	ABRS
	Southeastern Australia	47	117	South Australia east and north to northern New South Wales	ABRS; Bruce in press
	Queensland and Great Barrier Reef	32	54		ABRS
	Northwest Pacific - Japan	12	37	5 spp of Dynoides and 16 spp of Gnorimosphaeroma	Saito et al., 2000
	New Zealand	15	51		Hurley and Jansen, 1977

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