Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,893 meters (0 to 6,211 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Arthropods
- Class:
Malacostraca
()
- Order:
Isopoda
()
- Family:
Aselloidea
()
- Genus:
Caecidotea
()
- (Say, 1818)
- Specific name:
communis
- (Say, 1818)
- Scientific name: - Caecidotea communis (Say, 1818)
- Specific name:
communis
- (Say, 1818)
- Genus:
Caecidotea
(
- Family:
Aselloidea
(
- Order:
Isopoda
(
- Class:
Malacostraca
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Asellus communis Say, 1818
- Conasellus communis (Say, 1818)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 08-Oct-2005.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Caecidotea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 93 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. acuticarpa · C. adenta · C. adentata · C. alabamensis · C. ancyla · C. antricola · C. attenuata · C. attenuatus (Dismal Swamp Isopod) · C. barri (Clifton Cave Isopod) · C. beattyi · C. bicarenata · C. bicrenata · C. bicrenata bicrenata · C. bicrenata whitei · C. bilineata · C. biseta · C. bowmani (Natural Bridge Cave Isopod) · C. brevicauda · C. brevicauda brevicauda · C. californicus · C. cannula · C. carolinensis (Bennett's Mill Cave Water Slater) · C. catachaetus · C. chiapas · C. circulus · C. communis · C. cumberlandensis (Cumberland Gap Cave Isopod) · C. cyrtorhynchus · C. dauphina · C. dentadactyla · C. dimorpha (An Isopod) · C. extensolinguala · C. filicispeluncae (An Isopod) · C. fonticulus (An Isopod) · C. forbesi · C. foxi · C. franzi (Franz's Cave Isopod) · C. fustis · C. henroti (Henrot's Cave Isopod) · C. hobbsi (Hobbs Cave Isopod) · C. holsingeri (Holsinger's Cave Isopod) · C. holti · C. incurva (Incurved Cave Isopod) · C. incurvus · C. intermedia · C. jordani (Jordan Cave Isopod) · C. kawamurai · C. kendeighi · C. kenki (An Isopod) · C. laticaudata · C. lesliei (Bat Cave Isopod) · C. macropoda (Bat Cave Isopod) · C. macropropoda (Bat Cave Isopod) · C. metcalfi · C. militaris · C. montana · C. nickajackensis (Nickajack Cave Isopod) · C. nodula · C. nortoni · C. obtusa · C. occidentalis · C. oculata (An Isopod) · C. packardi · C. paurotrigona · C. paurotrigonus · C. phreatica (Phreatic Isopod) · C. pricei (Price's Cave Isopod) · C. racovitzai · C. racovitzai australis · C. racovitzai racovitzai · C. recurvata (Southwestern Virginia Cave Isopod) · C. recurvatus · C. reddelli · C. richardsonae (Tennessee Valley Cave Isopod) · C. rotunda (Frost Cave Isopod) · C. salamensis · C. salemensis · C. scrupulosa · C. scypha · C. scyphus · C. sequoiae (An Isopod) · C. serrata · C. simonini · C. simulator · C. sinuncus · C. spatulata · C. steevesi (An Isopod) · C. stiladactyla (An Isopod) · C. stygia · C. teresae (Indiana University Southeast Groundwater Isopod) · C. tomalensis (Tomales Isopod) · C. tridentata · C. vandeli (Vandel's Cave Isopod)
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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.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2802428
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-568819
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1972815
Footnotes
- Mean = 153.590 meters (503.904 feet), Standard Deviation = 232.960 based on 176 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
