Indiana Groundwater Copepod
Rheocyclops indiana Reid in Reid et al. 1999

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Stygobiont

Realm

Aquatic

Troglomorphy

Troglomorphic

Maximum length

0.5 mm

Distribution

Type locality

Ladder Cave, Washington Co. IN

Range

Known from two counties across two states across two karst regions.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Indiana, Tennessee

Counties

Indiana

Orange, Washington

Karst regions

Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau

Specimens

Type material

Holotype

USNM 243664 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

2 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 2 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G1 Critically Imperiled

Global rank last reviewed 8 April 2023.

Subnational ranks

Indiana

S1 Critically Imperiled

Ranks looked up 23 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

Catalogue of Life

4S62D

GBIF

2116874

ITIS

621602

iNaturalist

229896

References

• Lewis, J.J. & Reid, J.W. 2007. Patterns and processes of groundwater invasion by copepods in the Interior Low Plateaus of the United States. Acta Carsologica 36: 279–289. doi:10.3986/ac.v36i2.197

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