Pizzini's Cave Amphipod
Stygobromus pizzinii (Shoemaker, 1938
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Crustacea |
| Class | Malacostraca |
| Order | Amphipoda |
| Family | Crangonyctidae |
| Genus | Stygobromus |
| Species | Stygobromus pizzinii (Shoemaker, 1938 |
Synonyms
Stygonectes pizzinii (Shoemaker, 1938)
Synpleonia pizzinii Shoemaker, 1938
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygobiont
- Realm
- Aquatic
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Type locality
Wetzels Spring, Glover Archbold Parkway, DC
Range
Known from four states across two karst regions.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Counties
County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.
Karst regions
Appalachians, Other
Genetics
Molecular resources
| Marker | Molecule | Sequences | Length | Exemplar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mitogenome | mitochondrial | 2 | 15176-15176 bp | NC_046510.1 |
| COI | mitochondrial | 1 | 535-535 bp | KY748255.1 |
3 sequences, retrieved 23 August 2026. Counts change as sequences are deposited. Search GenBank.
Download all 3 sequence records (CSV) Accession, marker, molecule type, length, GenBank definition and a direct link.
- Mitogenome
- Available
Specimens
Type material
- Type
- USNM 76116 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | 84 |
| American Museum of Natural History | 1 |
| Field Museum of Natural History | 1 |
| Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard | 1 |
| Natural History Museum, London | 1 |
| Royal Ontario Museum | 1 |
89 cataloged lots in 6 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 89 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
VU Vulnerable D2
Assessed in 1996.
NatureServe
G3G4 Vulnerable to Apparently Secure
Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.
Subnational ranks
- District of Columbia
- SH Possibly Extirpated
- Maryland
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Pennsylvania
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Virginia
- S1S2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
Other resources
How to cite this account
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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