The Microcerberidae are a family of isopod crustaceans. They are less than long, and live interstitially in shallow marine or freshwater sand habitats.

Marine microcerberids comprise the main part species diversity, but are very alike. As a group, they have very broad distribution:

• the majority of Coxicerberus: Americas, southern coasts of Europe, Africa, warm waters of Asia, New Zealand

• "Microcerberus" monodi: Angola

Freshwater taxa are less abundant in species number (only 12 species), but are more morphologically diverse and include seven or eight genera. They have these distributions:

• Afrocerberus and Protocerberus: central and southern Africa

• Bulgarocerberus: Bulgaria

• Isoyvesia: Cuba

• Mexicerberus: Mexico

• Microcerberus: South Carolina, Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia

• "Microcerberus" remyi: Morocco

• Coxicerberus ruffoi: northern Italy

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