Jeannel's Cave Ostracod
Pseudocandona jeanneli (Klie, 1931)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Crustacea |
| Class | Ostracoda |
| Order | Podocopida |
| Family | Candonidae |
| Genus | Pseudocandona |
| Species | Pseudocandona jeanneli (Klie, 1931) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygobiont
- Realm
- Aquatic
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Type locality
Donaldson Cave, Lawrence Co. IN
Range
Known from 15 counties across three states across two karst regions.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee
Counties
- Indiana
- Clark, Crawford, Greene, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Washington, White
- Kentucky
- Pulaski
- Tennessee
- Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Jackson, Overton, Stewart
Karst regions
Interior Low Plateau, Other
Specimens
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | 3 |
3 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 3 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G3 Vulnerable
Global rank last reviewed 19 February 2023.
Subnational ranks
- Indiana
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Kentucky
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Tennessee
- S1S2 Critically Imperiled to 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
- Lewis, J.J. 2005a. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
- Lewis, J.J. & Lewis, S.L. 2007. A biological reconnaissance of selected caves in the Highland Rim area of central Tennessee. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 42 pp.
- Lewis, J.J. & Lewis, S.L. 2009. Range extension of the groundwater ostracod Pseudocandona jeanneli (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Candonidae). Speleolobiology Notes 1: 14–16.
- Lewis, J.J., Whitaker, J.O. & Krantz, G.W. 2010. A biological reconnaissance of the invertebrate fauna of twelve Tennessee caves with notes on the guanophilic mites of the genus Macrocheles. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85: 53–61.
- Niemiller, M.L. & Zigler, K.S. 2013. Patterns of cave biodiversity and endemism in the Appalachians and Interior Plateau of Tennessee, USA. PLOS One 8: e64177. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064177
This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.
How to cite this account
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