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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaHexapodaCollembolaPoduromorphaHypogastruridaeTyphlogastrura

Typhlogastrura christianseni Thibaud, 1975

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Collembola
Order Poduromorpha
Family Hypogastruridae
Genus Typhlogastrura
Species Typhlogastrura christianseni Thibaud, 1975

Synonyms

  • Schaefferia christianseni (Thibaud, 1975) (prior combination, CoL)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Cave Sping Cave, Morgan Co. AL

Range

Known from two counties across two states in the Interior Low Plateau karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama, Tennessee

Counties

Tennessee
Perry, Stewart

Karst regions

Interior Low Plateau

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G1 Critically Imperiled

G1▲G2G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.

Subnational ranks

Alabama
S1 Critically Imperiled
Tennessee
SNR Unranked

Ranks looked up 23 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
7DD36
GBIF
2121781
ITIS
100058

References

  • Lewis, J.J. & Lewis, S.L. 2007. A biological reconnaissance of selected caves in the Highland Rim area of central Tennessee. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 42 pp.
  • Lewis, J.J., Whitaker, J.O. & Krantz, G.W. 2010. A biological reconnaissance of the invertebrate fauna of twelve Tennessee caves with notes on the guanophilic mites of the genus Macrocheles. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85: 53–61.

This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.

How to cite this account

Typhlogastrura christianseni Thibaud, 1975. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0435. https://cavebiology.org/species/typhlogastrura-christianseni/ (accessed 18 October 2026).
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