Antrolana | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Family: | Cirolanidae |
Genus: | Antrolana Bowman, 1964 |
Species: | A. lira |
Binomial name | |
Antrolana lira Bowman, 1964 |
Antrolana lira is a species of crustacean in family Cirolanidae, the only species in the genus Antrolana. It is an unpigmented troglobite with no eyes, reaching a maximum length of 0.7 inches (18 mm).[1]
A. lira is endemic to the Great Appalachian Valley in Virginia and West Virginia, where it "swims freely through calcite-saturated waters of deep karst aquifers".[1] Its range extends over 200 miles (320 km), from Lexington, Virginia to Charles Town, West Virginia.[1]
Antrolana lira is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List,[2] and as a threatened species under the United States Endangered Species Act.[3][4]