Biology:Mexistenasellus floridensis

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Short description: Species of crustacean

Mexistenasellus floridensis

Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Family: Stenasellidae
Genus: Mexistenasellus
Species:
M. floridensis
Binomial name
Mexistenasellus floridensis
Lewis and Sawicki, 2016[2]

Mexistenasellus floridensis, the Florida cave isopod,[1] is a species of isopod crustacean in the family Stenasellidae. It is endemic to Jackson County, Florida[1] in the United States, where it is found only a single cave system within the Floridan aquifer.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Mexistenasellus floridensis". NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.963588/Mexistenasellus_floridensis. 
  2. Lewis, J. J.; Sawicki, T. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q82503354 entry