Price's Cave Isopod
Conasellus pricei (Levi, 1949)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Crustacea |
| Class | Malacostraca |
| Order | Isopoda |
| Family | Asellidae |
| Genus | Conasellus |
| Species | Conasellus pricei (Levi, 1949) |
Synonyms
- Conasellus condei (Chappuis, 1957) (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Conasellus conestogensis (Levi, 1949) (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Caecidotea pricei Levi, 1949 (prior combination, CoL)
- Asellus pricei (Levi, 1949) (prior combination, CoL)
- Caecidotea conestogensis Levi, 1949 (subjective synonym, CoL)
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygobiont
- Realm
- Aquatic
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Type locality
Refton Cave, Lancaster Col PA
Range
Known from two counties across four states across two karst regions.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Counties
- Pennsylvania
- Franklin, Lancaster
Karst regions
Appalachians, Other
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.
Subnational ranks
- Maryland
- S3 Vulnerable
- Pennsylvania
- S2S3 Imperiled to Vulnerable
- Virginia
- S3 Vulnerable
- West Virginia
- 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
- 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
- Nicholas, G. 1960. Checklist of macroscopic troglobitic organisms of the United States. The American Midland Naturalist 64: 123–160. doi:10.2307/2422897
This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.
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