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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaAmphipodaGammaridaeGammarusGammarus minus

Gammarus minus tenuipes Shoemaker, 1940

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Amphipoda
Family Gammaridae
Genus Gammarus
SpeciesGammarus minus
Subspecies Gammarus minus tenuipes Shoemaker, 1940

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Organ Cave, Greenbrier Co. WV

Range

Known from two states in the Appalachians karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Virginia, West Virginia

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

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
BW7GD
GBIF
2219846
ITIS
573812
iNaturalist
236157
NCBI Taxonomy
114924
BOLD
BOLD:AAA1618; BOLD:AAA1619; BOLD:AAA1620; BOLD:AAA1621; BOLD:AAA1622; BOLD:AAA1623; BOLD:AAA1624; BOLD:AAA1625; BOLD:AAA1626; BOLD:ABZ1751; BOLD:ABZ3029; BOLD:ACI0184; BOLD:AHK5120

How to cite this account

Gammarus minus tenuipes Shoemaker, 1940. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1115. https://cavebiology.org/species/gammarus-minus-tenuipes/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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