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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaAmphipodaCrangonyctidaeStygobromus

Stygobromus barryi Holsinger, 1978

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Amphipoda
Family Crangonyctidae
Genus Stygobromus
Species Stygobromus barryi Holsinger, 1978

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Blankenship Cave, Unicoi Co. TN

Range

Known from Tennessee in the Appalachians karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Tennessee

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Karst regions

Appalachians

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G1 Critically Imperiled

G1▲G2G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 12 March 2023.

Subnational ranks

Tennessee
S1 Critically Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
538KF
GBIF
2217820
ITIS
621610
iNaturalist
231845

How to cite this account

Stygobromus barryi Holsinger, 1978. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0983. https://cavebiology.org/species/stygobromus-barryi/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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