Bat Cave Isopod
Caecidotea macropropoda Chase & Blair, 1937
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Crustacea |
| Class | Malacostraca |
| Order | Isopoda |
| Family | Asellidae |
| Genus | Caecidotea |
| Species | Caecidotea macropropoda Chase & Blair, 1937 |
Synonyms
- Caecidotea macropoda Chase & Blair, 1937 (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Conasellus macropropodus (Chase & Blair, 1937) (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Conasellus ozarkanus (Chase & Blair, 1937) (subjective synonym, CoL)
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygobiont
- Realm
- Aquatic
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Range
Known from five counties across two states in the Ozarks karst region.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Arkansas, Oklahoma
Counties
- Arkansas
- Carroll, Johnson, Washington
- Oklahoma
- Adair, Cherokee
Karst regions
Ozarks
Specimens
Type material
- Syntype
- American Museum of Natural History
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | 20 |
| Field Museum of Natural History | 6 |
| American Museum of Natural History | 1 |
27 cataloged lots in 3 collections. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.
Download all 27 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
VU Vulnerable D2
Assessed in 1996.
NatureServe
G3 Vulnerable
Global rank last reviewed 13 March 2023.
Subnational ranks
- Arkansas
- S2 Imperiled
- Oklahoma
- S1 Critically Imperiled
Ranks looked up 2 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Other resources
This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 August 2026.
How to cite this account
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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