Caecidotea antricola Creaser, 1931
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Crustacea |
| Class | Malacostraca |
| Order | Isopoda |
| Family | Asellidae |
| Genus | Caecidotea |
| Species | Caecidotea antricola Creaser, 1931 |
Synonyms
- Conasellus antricolus (Creaser, 1931) (subjective synonym, CoL)
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygobiont
- Realm
- Aquatic
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Type locality
Ha-Ha Tonka Cave, Camden Co., MO
Range
Known from 41 counties across six states in the Ozarks karst region.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma
Counties
- Arkansas
- Baxter, Benton, Independence, Izard, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Sharp, Stone
- Illinois
- Alexander
- Kentucky
- Todd
- Missouri
- Camden, Carter, Christian, Crawford, Crawford County and Franklin, Dade, Dent, Franklin, Green, Greene, Iron, Jefferson, LaClede, Lawrence, Oregon, Osage, Perry, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon, St. Francois, St. Genevieve, St. Louis, Stone, Taney, Texas, Washington, Wright
- Ohio
- Highland
- Oklahoma
- Delaware
Karst regions
Ozarks
Genetics
Molecular resources
| Marker | Molecule | Sequences | Length | Exemplar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28S | nuclear | 4 | 401-716 bp | OR505651.1 |
| COI | mitochondrial | 4 | 579-894 bp | OR291935.1 |
| other | unknown | 2 | 654-676 bp | OR341820.1 |
10 sequences, retrieved 23 August 2026. Counts change as sequences are deposited. Search GenBank.
Download all 10 sequence records (CSV) Accession, marker, molecule type, length, GenBank definition and a direct link.
Specimens
Type material
- Holotype
- USNM 98385 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Allotype
- USNM 98386 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Paratype ×2
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | 183 |
| Field Museum of Natural History | 8 |
191 cataloged lots in 2 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 191 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
Global rank last reviewed 8 February 2007.
Subnational ranks
- Arkansas
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Oklahoma
- 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
References
- Dunivan, J.D., Tumlison, C.R. & McDaniel, V.R. 1982. Cave fauna of Arkansas: further records. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 36: 87–88. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol36/iss1/28. details
- Fenolio, D.B. 2014. 2014 Ozark aquatic subterranean wildlife surveys. Report to Oklahoma Biological Survey. San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas, USA. 21 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.
- Fleming, L.E. 1972. The evolution of the eastern North American isopods of the genus Asellus (Crustacea: Asellidae). Part I. International Journal of Speleology 4: 221–256. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1605&context=ijs. details
- Holsinger, J.R. & Lewis, J.J. 2025. Systematics of the subterranean amphipod genus Stygobromus (Crangonyctidae): Species of the Ozarks and adjacent regions. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 87: 34–81. doi:10.4311/2024LSC0113
- Kenk, R. 1977a. Freshwater tricads (Turbellaria) of North America, IX: The genus Sphalloplana. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 246: 1–38. https://repository.si.edu/bitstreams/d38e70a7-fb46–474c-9ea0-f202898980ba/download. 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.
- Lewis, J.J. & Bowman, T.E. 1981. The subterranean asellids (Caecidotea) of Illinois (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 335: 1–66. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.335
- 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
- Nicholas, G. 1960. Checklist of macroscopic troglobitic organisms of the United States. The American Midland Naturalist 64: 123–160. doi:10.2307/2422897
- Peck, S.B. & Lewis, J.J. 1978. Zoogeography and evolution of the subterranean invertebrate faunas of Illinois and southeastern Missouri. National Speleological Society Bulletin 40: 39–63.
- Steeves, H.R. 1966. Evolutionary aspects of the troglobitic asellids of the United States: the hobbsi, stygius and cannulus groups. The American Midland Naturalist 75: 392–403. doi:10.2307/2423400
This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.
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