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Genus of crustaceans

Mexistenasellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Asellota
Superfamily: Aselloidea
Family: Stenasellidae
Genus: Mexistenasellus
Cole & W. L. Minckley, 1972

Mexistenasellus is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Stenasellidae.

Species

The genus contains eight species, of which 4 are listed as endangered or vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

Mexistenasellus coahuila lives in Texas and Mexico, while Mexistenasellus floridensis is found in Florida. The other species are endemic to Mexico.

References

  1. WoRMS. "Mexistenasellus Cole & Minckley, 1972". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  2. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Mexistenasellus coahuila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T13290A3484118. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13290A3484118.en.
  3. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Mexistenasellus nulemex". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T13293A3498116. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13293A3498116.en.
  4. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Mexistenasellus parzefalli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T13291A3488826. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13291A3488826.en.
  5. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Mexistenasellus wilkensi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T13292A3493676. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13292A3493676.en.
  6. Stewart B. Peck. "A summary of diversity and distribution of the obligate cave-inhabiting faunas of the United States and Canada" (PDF). Journal of Cave and Karst Studies. 60 (1): 18–26.
  7. Lewis, Julian J.; Sawicki, Thomas 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.
Taxon identifiers
Mexistenasellus


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