Packard's Cave Amphipod
Crangonyx packardi Smith, 1888
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Crustacea |
| Class | Malacostraca |
| Order | Amphipoda |
| Family | Crangonyctidae |
| Genus | Crangonyx |
| Species | Crangonyx packardi Smith, 1888 |
Synonyms
Eucrangonyx packardi Stebbing, 1899
Crangonyx gracilis packardi Hubricht, 1943
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygobiont
- Realm
- Aquatic
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Type locality
Well at Orleans, Orange Co. IN
Range
Known from five states across three karst regions.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri
Counties
County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.
Karst regions
Interior Low Plateau, Other, Ozarks
Specimens
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | 93 |
| Illinois Natural History Survey | 10 |
103 cataloged lots in 2 collections. 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 103 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G4 Apparently Secure
Global rank last reviewed 22 January 2009.
Subnational ranks
- Illinois
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Indiana
- S3 Vulnerable
- Kansas
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- S4S5 Apparently Secure to Secure
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
Other resources
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