''Caecidotea barri'', commonly known as the Clifton Cave isopod, is a species of

crustacean Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthrop ...

in the family

Asellidae The Asellidae are a family (biology), family of Isopoda, isopod crustaceans, one of the largest families of fresh water, freshwater isopods, living in both epigean and hypogean habitats in North America and Europe. Genera The family includes 19 ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

in the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

References

Endemic crustaceans of the United States Asellota Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Crustaceans described in 1965 Endemic fauna of Kentucky Cave crustaceans {{isopod-stub