Caecidotea ancyla (Fleming, 1972)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Crustacea |
| Class | Malacostraca |
| Order | Isopoda |
| Family | Asellidae |
| Genus | Caecidotea |
| Species | Caecidotea ancyla (Fleming, 1972) |
Synonyms
- Asellus ancylus Fleming, 1972 (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Caecidotea ancycla (Fleming, 1972) (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Caecidotea ancyclus (subjective synonym, ITIS)
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygobiont
- Realm
- Aquatic
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Type locality
Brewer Cave, Boone Co., AR
Range
Known from 15 counties across three states in the Ozarks karst region.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
Counties
- Arkansas
- Benton, Boone, Independence, Madison, Newton, Stone, Washington
- Missouri
- Camden, Miller, Phelps, Stone
- Oklahoma
- Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Kiowa
Karst regions
Ozarks
Specimens
Type material
- Holotype
- USNM 135254 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Allotype
- USNM 135255 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Paratype
- USNM 170462 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Type
- USNM 239035 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | 34 |
34 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 34 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G3G4 Vulnerable to Apparently Secure
Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.
Subnational ranks
- Arkansas
- S2 Imperiled
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Oklahoma
- S2 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
References
- Fenolio, D.B., Niemiller, M.L., Slay, M.E. & Carter, E.T. 2018. Biological inventories of caves in the Ozarks of northeastern Oklahoma: December 2018 field report. Report to Oklahoma Biological Survey. San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas, USA. 25 pp.
- Fenolio, D.B., Slay, M.E. & Niemiller, M.L. 2023b. Biological inventories of caves in the Ozarks of northeastern Oklahoma: December 2023 field report. Report to Oklahoma Biological Survey. San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas, USA. 24 pp.
- Fenolio, D.B., Slay, M.E., Niemiller, M.L. & Richard, K. 2024. Biological inventories of caves in the Ozarks of northeastern Oklahoma: December 2024 field report. Report to Oklahoma Biological Survey. San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas, USA. 17 pp.
- Graening, G.O., Slay, M.E., Fenolio, D.B. & Robison, H.W. 2007. Annotated checklist of the Isopoda (subphylum Crustacea: class Malacostraca) of Arkansas and Oklahoma, with emphasis upon subterranean habitats. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science 87: 1–14. https://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/OAS/article/view/5834/5457. details
- Lewis, J.J. 1988. The systematics, zoogeography and life history of the troglobitic isopods of the Interior Plateaus of the eastern United States. University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. 281 pp.
- McDaniel, V.R. & Smith, K.L. 1976. Cave fauna of Arkansas: selected invertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 30: 57–60. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol30/iss1/22. details
This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.
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