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Flat Waterslaters
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Flat Waterslaters

Lirceus

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.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Lirceus

subgenusLirceus

Mancasellus

subgenusMancasellus

Hoppinellus

subgenusHoppinellus

Hargerellus

subgenusHargerellus

Lirceus robisoni

speciesLirceus robisoni

Lirceus alabamae

speciesLirceus alabamae

Lirceus slayorum

speciesLirceus slayorum

Lirceus megapodus

speciesLirceus megapodus

Lirceus trilobus

speciesLirceus trilobus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89565.