Caecidotea nordeni
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Taxonavigation: Aselloidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Asellidae
Genus: Caecidotea
Species: Caecidotea nordeni
Name[edit]
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[edit]
- Lewis & Bowman, 2010
Distribution[edit]
Known only from the type locality: USA, Maryland (Lewis & Bowman, 2010).
Habitat[edit]
Freshwater benthic species. The single specimen was found in a surface stream, but the species is presumably subterranean (Lewis & Bowman, 2010).
References[edit]
- 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.