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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaAmphipodaHyalellidaeHyalella

Hyalella cretae Cannizzaro et al., 2023

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Amphipoda
Family Hyalellidae
Genus Hyalella
Species Hyalella cretae Cannizzaro et al., 2023

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Range

Known from Nevada in the Other karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Nevada

Counties

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

Karst regions

Other

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

G1G2G3G4G5

Subnational ranks

Nevada
S1 Critically Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
C2WQS
GBIF
2217673
iNaturalist
1518792

How to cite this account

Hyalella cretae Cannizzaro et al., 2023. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1124. https://cavebiology.org/species/hyalella-cretae/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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