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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaIsopodaCirolanidaeCirolanides

Cirolanides texensis Benedict, 1896

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Isopoda
Family Cirolanidae
Genus Cirolanides
Species Cirolanides texensis Benedict, 1896

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Range

Known from Texas in the Edwards Plateau and Balcones karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Texas

Counties

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

Karst regions

Edwards Plateau and Balcones

Genetics

Molecular resources

MarkerMoleculeSequences LengthExemplar
COI mitochondrial 67 578-659 bp MK333115.1
16S mitochondrial 45 464-469 bp AY570112.1
28S nuclear 18 360-439 bp MK333151.1

130 sequences, retrieved 23 August 2026. Counts change as sequences are deposited. Search GenBank.

Download all 130 sequence records (CSV) Accession, marker, molecule type, length, GenBank definition and a direct link.

Specimens

Type material

Allotype
ZMA.CRUS.I.204403 · Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Paratype
ZMA.CRUS.I.204404 · Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Type
USNM 19327 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center, Texas State University 300
University of Texas, Biodiversity Center, Entomology Collection 65
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 55
Naturalis Biodiversity Center 4
American Museum of Natural History 2
Field Museum of Natural History 2
and 3 other collections 3

431 cataloged lots in 9 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 431 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G4 Apparently Secure

G1G2G3G4▲G5

Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.

Subnational ranks

Texas
S3 Vulnerable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
5Z6Z6
GBIF
2212905
ITIS
92267
iNaturalist
217031
NCBI Taxonomy
267898

How to cite this account

Cirolanides texensis Benedict, 1896. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1289. https://cavebiology.org/species/cirolanides-texensis/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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