16 Richard Franz, Judy Bauer and Tom Morris 



(type description), Steeves 1964 (records), 1966 (taxonomy), Warren 

 1961 (records, photograph). 



Caecidotea sp. 1 

 REMARKS: Specimens of asellid isopods were collected on floating 

 wood in the cave stream of the Econfina Blue Spring Cave System in 

 Washington County, Florida (ECONFINA CREEK FAUNA). According 

 to J. Lewis (personal communication, Louisville, Kentucky), this species 

 is closely related to Caecidotea alabamensis and C. nickajackensis, 

 which are found at cave sites in northern Alabama, and in all probability 

 it represents an undescribed taxon. Additional collecting is necessary 

 in order to resolve this isopod's taxonomic assignment (J. Lewis, 

 personal communication). 



Caecidotea sp. 2 

 REMARKS: An undescribed asellid isopod was collected by Roger 

 Werner in Rock Springs Cave, Orange County, Florida (USNM) (ST. 

 JOHNS RIVER FAUNA, Wekiva). Its relationships with other Caecidotea 

 are unstudied (T. E. Bowman, personal communication). 



Remasellus parvus (Steeves) 

 SWIMMING FLORIDA CAVE ISOPOD 



Asellus parvus Steeves, 1964. American Midland Naturalist 71(2):450- 

 451. TYPE LOCALITY: Ten Inch Cave, 8.4 km (5 mi) of Newberry, 

 Alachua County, Florida. Holotype and allotype (USNM 111142), a 

 paratypic female (USNM 111140) and paratypic male (USNM 111141), 

 R. D. Warren (coll.), 9 June 1961. 



Remasellus parvus. — Bowman and Sket, 1985:554. 



DISTRIBUTION: WOODVILLE and OCALA (Upper Suwannee) 

 FAUNAS. Known from groundwater habitats in karst areas of the 

 Wakulla and upper Suwannee rivers. It may be more common than 

 collections indicate. 



SPECIFIC LOCALITIES: Alachua County. Ten Inch Cave-type 

 locality (USNM). Madison County: Thunderhole Sink (USNM). Suwannee 

 County: Peacock Springs Cave System (USNM). Wakulla County: Split 

 Sink (USNM). 



ETYMOLOGY: Remasellus from remus=oar (Latin) + Asellus, 

 referring to the shape and function of pereopod 2-7 (Bowman and 

 Sket 1985); parvus refers to small; so named because of its relatively 

 small size (Steeves 1964). 



