Ligidium gadalutsi

Ligidium gadalutsi is a species of terrestrial isopod in the family Ligiidae, found in the United States. It is known from three locations: Haywood County, North Carolina and Sevier County, Tennessee, and Clay County, North Carolina. The species name gadalutsi comes from the Cherokee word that originated the English "Cataloochee", in reference to the type locality, Big Cataloochee Mountain.
Ligidium gadalutsi can be distinguished from closely related species by the male second pleopod endopodite with an acuminate tip that is strongly projected outwards to each side. Additionally, the male first pleopod endopodite has a poorly defined, roughly triangular projection, and the male first pleopod exopodite has a flattened caudal margin.