| Lirceus | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Malacostraca | 
| Superorder: | Peracarida | 
| Order: | Isopoda | 
| Family: | Asellidae | 
| Genus: | Lirceus Rafinesque, 1820 [1]  | 
| Type species | |
| Lirceus fontinalis Rafinesque, 1820  | |
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.[1] Of the 15 species in the genus,[2] 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 [3] 
[4] - 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 [5] 
[6] 
References
- 1 2 Leslie Hubricht & J. G. Mackin (1949). "The freshwater isopods of the genus Lirceus (Asellota, Asellidae)". American Midland Naturalist. 42 (2): 334–349. doi:10.2307/2422012. JSTOR 2422012.
 - ↑ Marilyn Schotte (2009). M. Schotte; C. B. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; G. C. B. Poore; S. Taiti; G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Lirceus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1820". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
 - ↑ Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (2005). "Virginia's Northern Ridge and Valley". Virginia's comprehensive wildlife conservation strategy (PDF). Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
 - ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Lirceus culveri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T12120A3322906. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12120A3322906.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
 - ↑ John Holsinger & Wil Orndorff (Summer 2008). "Lee County Cave Isopod (Lirceus usdagulun). 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation" (PDF). United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
 - ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Lirceus usdagalun". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T12121A3323005. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12121A3323005.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
 
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