Bowmanasellus sequoiae

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Isopoda Subordo: Asellota Superfamilia: Aselloidea

Familia: Asellidae
Genus: Bowmanasellus
Species: Bowmanasellus sequoiae

Name

Bowmanasellus sequoiae (Bowman, 1975)

Holotype: USNM 152769 - male
Type-locality: N America, California, Sequoia National Park, Libum Cave. Habitat: cavernicolous freshwater
Paratypes: USNM 152770 - female

Combinations

• Caecidotea sequoiae Bowman, 1975
• Bowmanasellus sequoiae, Lewis, 2008

Distribution

Found only in the type-locality, Libum Cave (California) (Bowman, 1975; Lewis, 2008).

Habitat

Cave-dwelling freshwater species (Bowman, 1975).

References

• Bowman, T.E. (1975). Three new troglobitic asellids from Western North America (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellidae). International Journal of Speleology 7 (4): 339–356.
• Lewis, J.J. (2008). Oregonasellus and Bowmanasellus, two new subterranean isopod genera from the western United States (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae). Subterranean Biology 6: 23–30.