Lewis' Cave Amphipod
Crangonyx lewisi Zhang & Holsinger, 2003

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Stygobiont

Realm

Aquatic

Troglomorphy

Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Crosley Canyon Cave, Jennings Co. IN

Range

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

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Indiana, Kentucky

Counties

Indiana

Clark, Jefferson, Jennings

Kentucky

Meade, Owen

Karst regions

Interior Low Plateau

Specimens

Type material

Holotype

USNM 230415 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Paratype ×12

National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

15 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 15 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G2 Imperiled

Global rank last reviewed 17 March 2008.

Subnational ranks

Indiana

S2 Imperiled

Kentucky

S1S2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled

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

6BBMP

GBIF

6461756

ITIS

900063

iNaturalist

217709

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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