Mexistenasellus floridensis

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Mexistenasellus floridensis
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Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe) [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
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 2 3 4 "Mexistenasellus floridensis". NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe . Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  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 .
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