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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaIsopodaAsellidaeLirceus

Lirceus bidentatus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Isopoda
Family Asellidae
Genus Lirceus
Species Lirceus bidentatus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygophile
Realm
Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Arkansas.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Arkansas

Counties

Arkansas
Newton

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G1 Critically Imperiled

G1▲G2G3G4G5

National ranks

United States
NNR

Subnational ranks

Arkansas
S1 Critically Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Lewis, J.J. & Lewis, S.L. 2023. Freshwater isopods of the genus Lirceus from caves and springs of the Interior Highlands, USA, with description of three new species (Isopoda: Asellidae). Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 85: 86–101. doi:10.4311/2022LSC0113

How to cite this account

Lirceus bidentatus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1804. https://cavebiology.org/species/lirceus-bidentatus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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