genus
Caecidotea
“Aquatic Sow Bugs”
Genus Overview
No genus-level description defined.
Characteristics
POLLUTION TOLERANCE
Southeast: up to 9.4
Upper Midwest: up to 8
0 = least tolerant, 10 = most tolerant
FEEDING HABITS
Collector / Gatherer
MOVEMENT
Sprawler
DISTRIBUTION
Widespread (east of the Rocky Mtns.)
HABITAT
Lentic-littoral
Lotic-depositional
Lotic-depositional
Diagnostic Characters
Order
2 Pairs of Antennae
Body Hardened on Outside
Carapace Absent
Flattened Body
Over 3 Pairs of Jointed, Unbranched Legs
Telson as Wide as Body
+ Expanded Character List
Order:
Not defined.
Family:
The antennules (smaller of the two pairs of antennas) are well formed, not vestigial. Dorsal body segments 8–9 are small and inconspicuous, not well pronounced in as in Stenasellidae. The uropods (pair of forked, tail-like appendages) are present terminally not lateral or ventral.
Genus:
Not defined.
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Dorsal
Ventral