Antrolana
| 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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Madison Cave Isopod, Antrolana lira". United States Fish and Wildlife Service. August 2009. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
- ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Antrolana lira". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved August 9, 2007.
- ↑ "Madison Cave isopod (Antrolana lira) species profile". Environmental Conservation Online System. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. June 18, 2011.
- ↑ United States Fish and Wildlife Service (1982). "Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants: listing the Madison Cave isopod as a threatened species" (PDF). Federal Register 45 (192): 43699–43700. 50 CFR Part 17.