Mexistenasellus coahuila

Mexistenasellus coahuila
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Imperiled  (NatureServe) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Family:	Stenasellidae
Genus:	Mexistenasellus
Species:	M. coahuila
Binomial name
Mexistenasellus coahuila Cole & Minkley, 1972

Mexistenasellus coahuila, the Coahuila isopod, is a species of isopod crustacean in the family Stenasellidae. It is found in Mexico and Texas ^[2] in the United States. Once thought to only live in southern North America, it has been found living outside Jacksonville, Florida in the Hole in Wall Cave. ^[3] This discovery was thought to double the range of the Stenasellidae's existence in North America.

References

1. 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 . Retrieved 10 August 2007.
2. "Mexistenasellus coahuila". NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe . Retrieved June 25, 2023.
3. 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.