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Ligidium elrodii

(Packard, 1873)

a cave obligate isopod

G4Apparently Secure (G4G5) Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.111303

Element CodeICMAL78010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumArthropoda

ClassMalacostraca

OrderIsopoda

FamilyLigiidae

GenusLigidium

Concept Reference

McLaughlin, P. A., D. K. Camp, M. V. Angel, E. L. Bousfield, P. Brunel, R. C. Brusca, D. Cadien, A. C. Cohen, K. Conlan, L. G. Eldredge, D. L. Felder, J. W. Goy, T. Haney, B. Hann, R. W. Heard, E. A. Hendrycks, H. H. Hobbs III, J. R. Holsinger, B. Kensley, D. R. Laubitz, S. E. LeCroy, R. Lemaitre, R. F. Maddocks, J. W. Martin, P. Mikkelsen, E. Nelson, W. A. Newman, R. M. Overstreet, W. J. Poly, W. W. Price, J. W. Reid, A. Robertson, D. C. Rogers, A. Ross, M. Schotte, F. Schram, C. Shih, L. Watling, G. D. F. Wilson, and D. D. Turgeon. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31. 545 pp.

Conservation Status

Review Date2002-08-21

Change Date1997-10-01

Occurrences Comments

Lewis (2005) documented cave occurrences in Tennessee in Fentress, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Overton, Pickett, Sequatchie, Van Buren, Warren, and White Cos.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Virginia	S2	Yes
Arkansas	S2	Yes
Indiana	SNR	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Alabama	SNR	Yes
Illinois	SNR	Yes

Roadless Areas (1)

North Carolina (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Harper Creek	Pisgah National Forest	7,325

References (5)

Graening, G.O., M.E. Slay, D.B. Fenolio, and H.W. Robison. 2007. Annotated checklist of the Isopods (Subphylum Malacostraca) of Arkansas and Oklahoma, with emphasis upon the subterranean habitats. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science 87:1-14.
Jass, J. and B. Klausmeier. 2001. Terrestrial Isopod (Crustacea: Isopoda) Atlas for Canada, Alaska, and the contiguous United States. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 95: 1-105.
Lewis, J.J. 2005c. Bioinventory of Caves of the Cumberland Escarpment Area of Tennessee. Final Report to Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency & The Nature Conservancy of Tennessee. Lewis & Associates LLC, 158 pp.
McLaughlin, P. A., D. K. Camp, M. V. Angel, E. L. Bousfield, P. Brunel, R. C. Brusca, D. Cadien, A. C. Cohen, K. Conlan, L. G. Eldredge, D. L. Felder, J. W. Goy, T. Haney, B. Hann, R. W. Heard, E. A. Hendrycks, H. H. Hobbs III, J. R. Holsinger, B. Kensley, D. R. Laubitz, S. E. LeCroy, R. Lemaitre, R. F. Maddocks, J. W. Martin, P. Mikkelsen, E. Nelson, W. A. Newman, R. M. Overstreet, W. J. Poly, W. W. Price, J. W. Reid, A. Robertson, D. C. Rogers, A. Ross, M. Schotte, F. Schram, C. Shih, L. Watling, G. D. F. Wilson, and D. D. Turgeon. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31. 545 pp.
Peck, S.B. and J.J. Lewis. 1978. Zoogeography and evolution of the subterranean invertebrate fauna of Illinois and southeastern Missouri. NSS Bulletin, 40(2): 39-63