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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaIsopodaAsellidaeCaecidotea

Caecidotea spatulata Mackin & Hubricht, 1940

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Isopoda
Family Asellidae
Genus Caecidotea
Species Caecidotea spatulata Mackin & Hubricht, 1940

Synonyms

  • Conasellus spatulatus (Mackin & Hubricht, 1940) (subjective synonym, CoL)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

pools near Falling Springs, St. Clair Co. IL

Range

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

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Illinois, Missouri, Virginia

Counties

Illinois
Carroll, De Witt, St. Clair
Missouri
Carroll, St. Louis
Virginia
Rockingham

Karst regions

Other, Ozarks

Specimens

Type material

Syntype
USNM 76270 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 6

6 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 6 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G3G4 Vulnerable to Apparently Secure

G1G2G3▲G4▲G5

Global rank last reviewed 1 October 1997.

Subnational ranks

Illinois
SU Unrankable
Missouri
SNR Unranked

Ranks looked up 2 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
P7RD
GBIF
2205805
ITIS
92773
iNaturalist
1664284

This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 August 2026.

How to cite this account

Caecidotea spatulata Mackin & Hubricht, 1940. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1249. https://cavebiology.org/species/caecidotea-spatulata/ (accessed 18 October 2026).
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