Biology:Lirceus

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Lirceus
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Family: Asellidae
Genus: Lirceus
Rafinesque, 1820 [1]
Type species
Lirceus fontinalis

Lirceus is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae that live in southern Canada and the eastern United States as far west as the Great Plains.[1] Of the 15 species in the genus,[2] two are listed as either endangered (EN) or vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List.

  • Lirceus alabamae Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Alabama
  • Lirceus bicuspidatus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Arkansas
  • Lirceus bidentatus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Arkansas
  • Lirceus brachyurus (Harger, 1876) – Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
  • Lirceus culveri Estes & Holsinger, 1976 – Virginia [3] VU[4]
  • Lirceus fontinalis Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1820 – Ohio, Indiana , Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee
  • Lirceus garmani Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas , Oklahoma
  • Lirceus hargeri Hubricht & Mackin, 1949Tennessee , Virginia
  • Lirceus hoppinae (Faxon, 1889) – Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma
  • Lirceus lineatus (Say, 1818)Canada , eastern United States
  • Lirceus louisianae (Mackin & Hubricht, 1938) – Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana
  • Lirceus megapodus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Missouri
  • Lirceus richardsonae Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Ohio
  • Lirceus trilobus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Oklahoma
  • Lirceus usdagalun Holsinger & Bowman, 1973 – Virginia [5] EN[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Leslie Hubricht; J. G. Mackin (1949). "The freshwater isopods of the genus Lirceus (Asellota, Asellidae)". American Midland Naturalist 42 (2): 334–349. doi:10.2307/2422012. 
  2. Marilyn Schotte (2009). "Lirceus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1820". in M. Schotte; C. B. Boyko; N. L. Bruce et al.. World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248910. 
  3. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (2005). "Virginia's Northern Ridge and Valley" (PDF). Virginia's comprehensive wildlife conservation strategy. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. http://bewildvirginia.org/wildlife-action-plan/chapter-7.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-12. 
  4. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Lirceus culveri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T12120A3322906. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12120A3322906.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12120/3322906. Retrieved 27 December 2017. 
  5. "Lee County Cave Isopod (Lirceus usdagulun). 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation" (PDF). United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Summer 2008. http://www.fws.gov/northeast/endangered/PDF/LeeCountyCaveIsopod.pdf. 
  6. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Lirceus usdagalun". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T12121A3323005. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12121A3323005.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12121/3323005. Retrieved 27 December 2017. 

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