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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaIsopodaAsellidaeLirceolus

Lirceolus cocytus Lewis, 2001

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Isopoda
Family Asellidae
Genus Lirceolus
Species Lirceolus cocytus Lewis, 2001

Description

Diagnostic characters

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

Distribution

Type locality

Phantom Lake Cave, Jeff Davis Co,. TX

Range

Known from Texas in the Other karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Texas

Counties

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

Karst regions

Other

Genetics

Molecular resources

MarkerMoleculeSequences LengthExemplar
16S mitochondrial 5 471-473 bp AY570130.1
COI mitochondrial 5 577-657 bp AY566544.1

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 291384 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Paratype
USNM 291385 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center, Texas State University 44
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 3

47 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 47 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

G1G2G3G4G5

Subnational ranks

Texas
S1 Critically Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
6QK3C
GBIF
2206137
iNaturalist
484335
NCBI Taxonomy
267911

How to cite this account

Lirceolus cocytus Lewis, 2001. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1265. https://cavebiology.org/species/lirceolus-cocytus/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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