Antrolana

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Antrolana
Antrolana lira.jpg

Threatened (ESA)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
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]

Antrolana 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. ^ a b c "Madison Cave Isopod, Antrolana lira" (PDF). United States Fish and Wildlife Service. August 2009. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  2. ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Antrolana lira". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T1787A7598662. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T1787A7598662.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Madison Cave isopod (Antrolana lira) species profile". Environmental Conservation Online System. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. June 18, 2011.
  4. ^ (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.
Retrieved from ""