Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aselloidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Subordo: Asellota
Superfamilia: Aselloidea

Familia: Asellidae
Genus: Caecidotea
Species: Caecidotea nordeni

Name

Caecidotea nordeni Lewis et Bowman, 2010

Holotype: USNM 337163 - male
Type-locality: N America, Maryland, 15.2 km SSE Hancock. Habitat: freshwater benthic, under rocks in stream
Paratypes: none

Descriptions

  • Lewis & Bowman, 2010

Distribution

Known only from the type locality: USA, Maryland (Lewis & Bowman, 2010).

Habitat

Freshwater benthic species. The single specimen was found in a surface stream, but the species is presumably subterranean (Lewis & Bowman, 2010).

References

  • Lewis, J.J. & Bowman, T.E. (2010). The subterranean asellids of Maryland: Description of Caecidotea nordeni, new species, and new records of C. holsingeri and C. franzi (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Isopoda). Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 72 (2): 100–104.
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