Bowmanasellus sequoiae
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Aselloidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Asellidae
Genus: Bowmanasellus
Species: Bowmanasellus sequoiae
Name
[edit]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
[edit]- Caecidotea sequoiae Bowman, 1975
- Bowmanasellus sequoiae, Lewis, 2008
Distribution
[edit]Found only in the type-locality, Libum Cave (California) (Bowman, 1975; Lewis, 2008).
Habitat
[edit]Cave-dwelling freshwater species (Bowman, 1975).
References
[edit]- 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.