Caecidotea nordeni

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: 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.