Caecidotea nickajackensis

Caecidotea nickajackensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Asellidae
Genus: Caecidotea
Species:
C. nickajackensis
Binomial name
Caecidotea nickajackensis
Packard, 1881

Caecidotea nickajackensis is a species of isopod crustacean in the family Asellidae. It was believed to be endemic to a single cave in Tennessee, and was thought to have been exterminated when that cave was flooded in 1967 by the building of the Nickajack Dam, however, in 2013 the species was discovered within Horseskull Cave and Raccoon Mountain Caverns.

  1. ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Caecidotea nickajackensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T3448A9865322. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3448A9865322.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.