Biology:Mexistenasellus

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Mexistenasellus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Asellota
Superfamily: Aselloidea
Family: Stenasellidae
Genus: Mexistenasellus
Cole & W. L. Minckley, 1972

Mexistenasellus is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Stenasellidae.

Species

The genus contains eight species,[1] of which 4 are listed as endangered or vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

Mexistenasellus coahuila lives in the Texas and Mexico,[6] while Mexistenasellus floridensis is found in Florida.[7] The other species are endemic to Mexico.

References

  1. WoRMS. "Mexistenasellus Cole & Minckley, 1972". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248967. 
  2. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Mexistenasellus coahuila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T13290A3484118. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13290A3484118.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13290/3484118. 
  3. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Mexistenasellus nulemex". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T13293A3498116. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13293A3498116.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13293/3498116. 
  4. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Mexistenasellus parzefalli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T13291A3488826. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13291A3488826.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13291/3488826. 
  5. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Mexistenasellus wilkensi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T13292A3493676. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13292A3493676.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13292/3493676. 
  6. Stewart B. Peck. "A summary of diversity and distribution of the obligate cave-inhabiting faunas of the United States and Canada". Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 60 (1): 18–26. http://www.caves.org/pub/journal/PDF/V60/V60N1-Peck.pdf. 
  7. Lewis, Julian J.; Sawicki, Thomas R. (2016). "Mexistenasellus floridensis sp. n., the first stenasellid isopod discovered from the Floridan aquifer (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota)". Subterranean Biology 17: 121–132. doi:10.3897/subtbiol.17.7703. 

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