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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaBathynellaceaBathynellidaeBathynella

Bathynella germanitas Cho & Kim, 1997

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Bathynellacea
Family Bathynellidae
Genus Bathynella
Species Bathynella germanitas Cho & Kim, 1997

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Range

Known from California in the Other karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

California

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

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
MVLHW
GBIF
2215788
ITIS
682598

How to cite this account

Bathynella germanitas Cho & Kim, 1997. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1132. https://cavebiology.org/species/bathynella-germanitas/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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