Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
An Isopod
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
()
- (Chernyshev, 1960)
- Superclass:
Crustacea
()
- Pennant, 1777
- Crustaceans
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
()
- Class:
Malacostraca
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
()
- Grobben, 1892
- Superorder:
Peracarida
()
- Calman, 1904
- Order:
Isopoda
()
- Latreille, 1817
- Suborder:
Asellota
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Superfamily:
Aselloidea
()
- (Latreille, 1802)
- Family:
Asellidae
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Genus:
Caecidotea
()
- Packard, 1871
- Specific name:
fonticulus
- Lewis, 1983
- Scientific name: - Caecidotea fonticulus Lewis, 1983
- Specific name:
fonticulus
- Lewis, 1983
- Genus:
Caecidotea
(
- Family:
Asellidae
(
- Superfamily:
Aselloidea
(
- Suborder:
Asellota
(
- Order:
Isopoda
(
- Superorder:
Peracarida
(
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
(
- Class:
Malacostraca
(
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
(
- Superclass:
Crustacea
(
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Lewis, Julian J. The assignment of the Texas
troglobitic
water slater Caecidotea pilus
to the genus Lirceolus,
with an emended diagnosis
of the genus (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae)
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol.
96, no.
1, 1983.
Last scrutiny: 10-Aug-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Caecidotea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 31 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. attenuatus (Dismal Swamp Isopod) · C. barri (Clifton Cave Isopod) · C. bowmani (Natural Bridge Cave Isopod) · C. carolinensis (Bennett's Mill Cave Water Slater) · C. cumberlandensis (Cumberland Gap Cave Isopod) · C. dimorpha (An Isopod) · C. filicispeluncae (An Isopod) · C. fonticulus (An Isopod) · C. franzi (Franz's Cave Isopod) · C. henroti (Henrot's Cave Isopod) · C. hobbsi (Hobbs Cave Isopod) · C. holsingeri (Holsinger's Cave Isopod) · C. incurva (Incurved Cave Isopod) · C. jordani (Jordan Cave Isopod) · C. kenki (An Isopod) · C. lesliei (Bat Cave Isopod) · C. macropoda (Bat Cave Isopod) · C. macropropoda (Bat Cave Isopod) · C. nickajackensis (Nickajack Cave Isopod) · C. oculata (An Isopod) · C. phreatica (Phreatic Isopod) · C. pricei (Price's Cave Isopod) · C. recurvata (Southwestern Virginia Cave Isopod) · C. richardsonae (Tennessee Valley Cave Isopod) · C. rotunda (Frost Cave Isopod) · C. sequoiae (An Isopod) · C. steevesi (An Isopod) · C. stiladactyla (An Isopod) · C. teresae (Indiana University Southeast Groundwater Isopod) · C. tomalensis (Tomales Isopod) · C. vandeli (Vandel's Cave Isopod)
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Further Reading
- Lewis, Julian J. The assignment of the Texas troglobitic water slater Caecidotea pilus to the genus Lirceolus, with an emended diagnosis of the genus (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae) Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 96, no. 1, 1983.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2703581
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-92736
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 92736
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ICMAL01310
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 165316
