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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaIsopodaAsellidaePseudobaicalasellus

Pseudobaicalasellus mausi (Lewis, 2009)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Isopoda
Family Asellidae
Genus Pseudobaicalasellus
Species Pseudobaicalasellus mausi (Lewis, 2009)

Synonyms

Caecidotea mausi Lewis & Bowman in Lewis, 2009

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Brother Daves Cave, Warren Co., VA

Range

Known from two states in the Appalachians karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Maryland, Virginia

Counties

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

Karst regions

Appalachians

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G2 Imperiled

G1G2▲G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 26 February 2013.

Subnational ranks

Maryland
S1 Critically Imperiled
Virginia
S1 Critically Imperiled
District of Columbia
SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
KTTXK
GBIF
4303943
iNaturalist
1664145

How to cite this account

Pseudobaicalasellus mausi (Lewis, 2009). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1283. https://cavebiology.org/species/pseudobaicalasellus-mausi/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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