Stylodrilus beattiei Cook, 1975

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Stygobiont

Realm

Aquatic

Troglomorphy

Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Tub Cave, Pocahontas Co. WV

Range

Known from three counties across two states in the Appalachians karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Virginia, West Virginia

Counties

Virginia

Tazewell

West Virginia

Greenbrier, Pocahontas

Karst regions

Appalachians

Specimens

Type material

Holotype

USNM 50871 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Paratype

USNM 50872 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

5 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 5 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G1 Critically Imperiled

Global rank last reviewed 15 April 2023.

Subnational ranks

Virginia

S1 Critically Imperiled

West Virginia

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

6ZZKH

GBIF

2308012

ITIS

68451

iNaturalist

231922

References

• Cook, D.G. 1975. Cave-dwelling aquatic Oligochaeta (Annelida) from the eastern United States. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 94: 24–37. doi:10.2307/3225529

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