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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Marsupial Crustaceans (Peracarida) » Isopods (Isopoda) » Asellotes (Asellota) » Waterslaters (Aselloidea) » Common Waterslaters (Asellidae) » Lirceolus

Genus Lirceolus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Lirceolus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)
Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
Superorder Peracarida (Marsupial Crustaceans)
Order Isopoda (Isopods)
Suborder Asellota (Asellotes)
Superfamily Aselloidea (Waterslaters)
Family Asellidae (Common Waterslaters)
Genus Lirceolus
Other Common Names
Texas Caveslaters (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
dubiously seperated from Caecidotea, per BG family page
Explanation of Names
Lirceolus Bowman & Longley, 1976
Numbers
6 spp. in Texas (2)(3)
Range
most records from c. to w. TX - Map (2)(3)
Print References
Bowman, T.E. and Longley, G. (1976) Redescription and assignment to the new genus Lirceolus of the Texas troglobitic water slater, Asellus smithii (Ulrich) (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 88(45): 489–496. (Full Text)
Internet References
The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas - Stephen W. Ziser, 2010 (2)
World Register of Marine Species
Works Cited
1.iNaturalist
2.Ziser S.W. (2008-2012) The aquatic invertebrates of Texas
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 15 June, 2009 - 6:24pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 22 June, 2023 - 11:25am

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