New Castle Murder Hole Cave Amphipod
Stygobromus interitus Holsinger, 1978

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Stygobiont

Realm

Aquatic

Troglomorphy

Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

New Castle Murder Hole, Craig Co. VA

Range

Known from one county in Virginia in the Appalachians karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Virginia

Counties

Virginia

Craig

Karst regions

Appalachians

Specimens

Type material

Holotype

USNM 168828 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Paratype

USNM 168829 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

2 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 2 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G1G2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled

Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.

Subnational ranks

Virginia

SH Possibly Extirpated

Ranks looked up 2 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

538MH

GBIF

2217823

ITIS

621645

iNaturalist

231875

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