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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaIsopodaAsellidaeColumbasellus

Columbasellus acheron Lewis et al., 2003

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Isopoda
Family Asellidae
Genus Columbasellus
Species Columbasellus acheron Lewis et al., 2003

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic
Maximum body length
14.5 mm

Distribution

Type locality

Ranney Well, Kalama, Cowlitz Co., WA

Range

Known from Washington in the Other karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Washington

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Karst regions

Other

Specimens

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
California Academy of Sciences 1

1 cataloged lot 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 1 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
XBJQ
GBIF
2205780
ITIS
683398
iNaturalist
1256068

How to cite this account

Columbasellus acheron Lewis et al., 2003. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1257. https://cavebiology.org/species/columbasellus-acheron/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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