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Lirceus

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Lirceus is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae that live in southern Canada and the eastern United States as far west as the Great Plains. Of the 15 species in the genus, two are listed as either endangered (EN) or vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List. Lirceus alabamae Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Alabama Lirceus bicuspidatus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Arkansas Lirceus bidentatus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Arkansas Lirceus brachyurus (Harger, 1876) – Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia Lirceus culveri Estes & Holsinger, 1976 – Virginia  24px|VU Lirceus exohylaus Yox, 2024 -

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassMalacostraca
  4. OrderIsopoda
  5. FamilyAsellidae
Habitatfreshwater

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Specimen records
492
With media
58
Family
Asellidae
Collections
USNM, INHS
Recorded in
United States

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Parent taxon
Asellidae
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taxon name
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Lirceus is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Asellidae that live in southern Canada and the eastern United States as far west as the Great Plains. Of the 15 species in the genus, two are listed as either endangered (EN) or vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List. Lirceus alabamae Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Alabama Lirceus bicuspidatus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Arkansas Lirceus bidentatus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Arkansas Lirceus brachyurus (Harger, 1876) – Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia Lirceus culveri Estes & Holsinger, 1976 – Virginia  24px|VU Lirceus exohylaus Yox, 2024 - Ohio Lirceus fontinalis Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1820 – Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee Lirceus garmani Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma Lirceus hargeri Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Tennessee, Virginia Lirceus hoppinae (Faxon, 1889) – Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma Lirceus lineatus (Say, 1818) – Canada, eastern United States Lirceus louisianae (Mackin & Hubricht, 1938) – Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana Lirceus megapodus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Missouri Lirceus richardsonae Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Ohio Lirceus trilobus Hubricht & Mackin, 1949 – Oklahoma Lirceus usdagalun Holsinger & Bowman, 1973 – Virginia  24px|EN

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