Mexistenasellus

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Mexistenasellus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
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 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". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  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 .
  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 .
  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 .
  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 .
  6. ↑ Stewart B. Peck. "A summary of diversity and distribution of the obligate cave-inhabiting faunas of the United States and Canada" (PDF). Journal of Cave and Karst Studies . 60 (1): 18–26.
  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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