Appalachian Valley crangonyctid

Crangonyx antennatus

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Crangonyctidae

Lirceus usdagalun is a rare species of crustacean known by the common name Lee County cave isopod. It is endemic to Virginia in the United States, where it is known from a single network of karst cave systems in Lee County. It is threatened by a number of processes.

Distribution

Appalachian Valley crangonyctid — (c) Turner Brockman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 3

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Turner Brockman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA DescriptionLirceus usdagalun, Wikipedia contributors

Appalachian Valley crangonyctid

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