Norton's Cave Isopod
Caecidotea nortoni (Steeves, 1966)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Stygobiont

Realm

Aquatic

Troglomorphy

Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Cedar Creek Cave, Green Co. TN

Range

Known from Tennessee in the Appalachians karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Tennessee

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Karst regions

Appalachians

Specimens

Type material

Holotype

USNM 171234 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Paratype

USNM 171235 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Type

USNM 239031 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

6 cataloged lots in 1 collection. 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 6 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G2G3 Imperiled to Vulnerable

Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.

Subnational ranks

Tennessee

S1S2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life

P7QN

GBIF

2205798

ITIS

92753

iNaturalist

215651

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