Indiana Cave Amphipod
Crangonyx indianensis Zhang & Holsinger, 2003

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Stygobiont

Realm

Aquatic

Troglomorphy

Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Rays Cave, Greene Co. IN

Range

Known from nine counties in Indiana in the Interior Low Plateau karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Indiana

Counties

Indiana

Clark, Greene, Harrison, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Orange, Owen, Washington

Karst regions

Interior Low Plateau

Specimens

Type material

Holotype

USNM 277672 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Paratype ×28

National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

33 cataloged lots in 1 collection. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.

Download all 33 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G3 Vulnerable

Global rank last reviewed 17 March 2008.

Subnational ranks

Indiana

S3 Vulnerable

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

Z4TZ

GBIF

6461742

ITIS

900047

iNaturalist

217707

References

• Zhang, J. & Holsinger, J.R. 2003. Systematics of the freshwater amphipod genus Crangonyx (Crangonyctidae) in North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Memior 6: 1–274.

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