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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe

Nicholas 1960
1960 · Journal article

Nicholas, G. 1960. Checklist of macroscopic troglobitic organisms of the United States. The American Midland Naturalist 64: 123–160.

doi:10.2307/2422897

What it is a source for

  • Distribution record

Species it concerns

271 species accounts.

  • Allocrangonyx pellucidus Oklahoma Cave Amphipod
  • Amblyopsis hoosieri Hoosier Cavefish
  • Amblyopsis spelaea Northern Cavefish
  • Ameractis satis
  • Amerigoniscus henroti Powell Valley Terrestrial Cave Isopod
  • Ameroduvalius jeanneli
  • Anthrobia monmouthia Mammoth Cave Spider
  • Arianops cavernensis
  • Arianops jeanneli
  • Arianops stygica
  • Bactrurus brachycaudus
  • Bactrurus hubrichti Kansas Well Amphipod
  • Bactrurus mucronatus
  • Banksula californica Alabaster Cave Harvestman
  • Batriasymmodes quisnamus
  • Batriasymmodes spelaeus
  • Batriasymmodes troglodytes
  • Batrisodes barri
  • Batrisodes cavernosus
  • Batrisodes clypeospecus
  • Batrisodes ferulifer
  • Batrisodes gemmoides
  • Batrisodes gemmus
  • Batrisodes henroti
  • Batrisodes hubrichti
  • Batrisodes jocuvestus
  • Batrisodes jonesi
  • Batrisodes krekeleri
  • Batrisodes pannosus
  • Batrisodes profundus
  • Batrisodes specus
  • Batrisodes subterraneus
  • Batrisodes tumoris
  • Batrisodes valentinei
  • Brackenridgia cavernarum
  • Caecidotea alabamensis
  • Caecidotea antricola
  • Caecidotea dimorpha
  • Caecidotea nickajackensis Nickajack Cave Isopod
  • Caecidotea richardsonae Tennessee Valley Cave Isopod
  • Caecidotea stygia Stygian Cave Isopod
  • Calasellus californicus
  • Cambala ochra
  • Cambala speobia
  • Cambarus cryptodytes Dougherty Plain Cave Crayfish
  • Cambarus hamulatus Prickly Cave Crayfish
  • Cambarus hubrichti Salem Cave Crayfish
  • Cambarus jonesi Alabama Cave Crayfish
  • Cambarus setosus Bristly Cave Crayfish
  • Cambarus tenebrosus Cavespring Crayfish
  • Carychium stygium Cave thorn
  • Causeyella dendropus Causeyella Cave Millipede
  • Ceratophysella lucifuga Wyandotte Cave Springtail
  • Ceuthophilus longipes
  • Chaetaspis debilis
  • Chaetaspis mollis
  • Cicurina buwata
  • Cirolanides texensis
  • Conasellus pricei Price's Cave Isopod
  • Conotyla blakei
  • Conotyla bollmani Bollman's Cave Millipede
  • Crangonyx antennatus Appalachian Valley crangonyctid
  • Crangonyx dearolfi Pennsylvania Cave Amphipod
  • Crangonyx forbesi Forbes Crangonyctid
  • Crangonyx hobbsi Hobb's Cave Amphipod
  • Crangonyx packardi Packard's Cave Amphipod
  • Darlingtonea kentuckensis
  • Dendrocoelopsis americana
  • Entomobrya troglodytes
  • Eurycea rathbuni Texas Blind Salamander
  • Eurycea spelaea Western Grotto Salamander
  • Eurycea wallacei Georgia Blind Salamander
  • Folsomia candida Springtail
  • Fontigens antroecetes Enigmatic ghostsnail
  • Fontigens proserpina Proserpine Springsnail
  • Forbesichthys agassizii Spring Cavefish
  • Forbesichthys papilliferus
  • Gammarus acherondytes Illinois Cave Amphipod
  • Gammarus troglophilus
  • Gyrinophilus palleucus Tennessee Cave Salamander
  • Gyrinophilus porphyriticus Spring Salamander
  • Hesperonemastoma pallidimaculosum
  • Horologion speokites Arbuckle Cave Beetle
  • Kenkia glandulosa Pink Cave Flatworm
  • Kenkia rhynchida Malheur Cave Flatworm
  • Lepidocyrtus atropurpureus
  • Lethemurus missus Missus Cave Springtail
  • Ligidium kofoidi
  • Linopodes mammouthia
  • Lirceolus smithii Texas Troglobitic Water Slater
  • Litocampa henroti
  • Litocampa jonesi
  • Litocampa valentinei
  • Miktoniscus racovitzai Racovitza's Terrestrial Cave Isopod
  • Neaphaenops tellkampfi
  • Nelsonites jonesi
  • Nelsonites walteri
  • Nesticus carteri Carter's Cave Spider
  • Nesticus potterius
  • Nesticus tennesseensis Tennessee Cave Spider
  • Oncopodura cruciata
  • Onychiurus obesus
  • Orconectes australis Southern Cave Crayfish
  • Orconectes inermis Ghost Crayfish
  • Orconectes packardi Appalachian Cave Crayfish
  • Orconectes pellucidus Mammoth Cave Crayfish
  • Packardesmus cavicola
  • Palaemonias ganteri Mammoth Cave Shrimp
  • Phalangodes armata
  • Phanetta subterranea Subterranean Sheetweb Spider
  • Phreatodrobia micra Flattened Cavesnail
  • Plutomurus californicus
  • Poecilophysis weyerensis
  • Pogonognathellus bidentatus
  • Pogonognathellus flavescens
  • Porrhomma cavernicola Appalachian Cave Spider
  • Procambarus acherontis Orlando Cave Crayfish
  • Procambarus lucifugus Light-fleeing Cave Crayfish
  • Procambarus pallidus Pallid Cave Crayfish
  • Pseudanophthalmus acherontis Echo Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus alabamae Alabama Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus audax Bold Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus avernus Avernus Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus barberi
  • Pseudanophthalmus beakleyi Beakley's Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus bendermani Benderman's Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus catherinae Catherine's Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus ciliaris
  • Pseudanophthalmus colemanensis Coleman Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus cumberlandus
  • Pseudanophthalmus delicatus Delicate Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus digitus
  • Pseudanophthalmus distinguens
  • Pseudanophthalmus emersoni
  • Pseudanophthalmus eremita
  • Pseudanophthalmus farrelli
  • Pseudanophthalmus fluviatilis
  • Pseudanophthalmus fulleri
  • Pseudanophthalmus fuscus
  • Pseudanophthalmus gracilis Clover Hollow Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus grandis
  • Pseudanophthalmus henroti
  • Pseudanophthalmus hesperus
  • Pseudanophthalmus higginbothami
  • Pseudanophthalmus hirsutus Cumberland Gap Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus hubbardi Hubbard's Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus hubrichti Hubricht's Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus humeralis
  • Pseudanophthalmus hypertrichosis
  • Pseudanophthalmus inexpectatus Surprising Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus insularis Baker Station Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus intermedius Intermediate Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus jonesi Grassy Cove Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus lallemanti
  • Pseudanophthalmus leonae
  • Pseudanophthalmus limicola Maddens Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus lodingi
  • Pseudanophthalmus loganensis
  • Pseudanophthalmus macradyi Macrady's Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus menetriesi
  • Pseudanophthalmus meridionalis
  • Pseudanophthalmus occidentalis Western Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus orthosulcatus
  • Pseudanophthalmus packardi Packard's Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus parvicollis Hupps Hill Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus petrunkevitchi Petrunkevitch's Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus profundus
  • Pseudanophthalmus pubescens
  • Pseudanophthalmus punctatus Spotted Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus pusio Ellet Valley Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus robustus Robust Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus rotundatus Rotund Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus senecae Seneca Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus shilohensis Shiloh Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus stricticollis Marengo Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus templetoni Templeton's Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus tennesseensis
  • Pseudanophthalmus tenuis
  • Pseudanophthalmus tiresias Indian Grave Point Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus tullahoma Duck River Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus valentinei Valentine's Cave Beetle
  • Pseudanophthalmus vanburenensis
  • Pseudanophthalmus youngi Young's Cave Beetle
  • Pseudosinella hirsuta Hirsute Cave Springtail
  • Pseudosinella spinosa Spiny Cave Springtail
  • Pseudotremia carterensis
  • Pseudotremia cavernarum Ellett Valley Pseudotremia Millipede
  • Pseudotremia eburnea
  • Pseudotremia fulgida Greenbrier Valley Cave Millipede
  • Pseudotremia hobbsi
  • Pseudotremia indianae Blue River Cave Millipede
  • Pseudotremia lusciosa Germany Valley Cave Millipede
  • Pseudotremia nodosa
  • Pseudotremia valga
  • Ptomaphagus hatchi Hatch's Cave Fungus Beetle
  • Ptomaphagus hirtus Kentucky Cave Beetle
  • Ptomaphagus hubrichti
  • Ptomaphagus laticornis
  • Ptomaphagus loedingi
  • Ptomaphagus longicornis
  • Ptomaphagus shapardi
  • Ptomaphagus valentinei Valentine's Cave Fungus Beetle
  • Pygmarrhopalites pygmaeus
  • Rhadine exilis
  • Rhadine infernalis
  • Rhadine koepkei
  • Rhadine longicollis
  • Rhadine speca
  • Rhadine subterranea
  • Rhadine tenebrosa
  • Sabacon cavicolens North American Cavernicolous Harvestman
  • Satan eurystomus Widemouth Blindcat
  • Scoterpes austrinus
  • Scoterpes copei
  • Scoterpes nudus
  • Scytonotus granulatus Granulated Millipede
  • Sinella cavernarum
  • Sinella hoffmani Hoffman's Cave Springtail
  • Speleobama vana
  • Speleochus croceus
  • Speleochus eurous
  • Speleochus ferus
  • Speleochus steevesi
  • Speleochus stygicus
  • Speleochus synstygicus
  • Speodesmus bicornourus
  • Speorthus tuganbius
  • Sphalloplana buchanani Buchanan's Cave Flatworm
  • Sphalloplana georgiana Georgia Cave Flatworm
  • Sphalloplana hoffmasteri Hoffmaster's Cave Flatworm
  • Sphalloplana hubrichti Hubricht's Cave Flatworm
  • Sphalloplana kansensis Kansas Cave Flatworm
  • Sphalloplana mohri
  • Sphalloplana percoeca
  • Sphalloplana pricei Refton Cave Flatworm
  • Sphalloplana virginiana Rockbridge County Cave Flatworm
  • Stygobromus alabamensis Alabama cave amphipod
  • Stygobromus balconis Balcones Cave Amphipod
  • Stygobromus clantoni Clanton's Cave Amphipod
  • Stygobromus emarginatus Greenbrier Cave Amphipod
  • Stygobromus exilis Central Kentucky Cave Amphipod
  • Stygobromus flagellatus Ezell's Cave Amphipod
  • Stygobromus hayi Hay's Spring Amphipod
  • Stygobromus heteropodus Pickle Springs Amphipod
  • Stygobromus hubbsi Malheur Cave Amphipod
  • Stygobromus iowae Iowa Cave Amphipod
  • Stygobromus lucifugus Rubious Cave Amphipod
  • Stygobromus mackini Southwestern Virginia Cave Amphipod
  • Stygobromus onondagaensis Onondaga Cave Amphipod
  • Stygobromus pizzinii Pizzini's Cave Amphipod
  • Stygobromus putealis Wisconsin Well Amphipod
  • Stygobromus smithi Alabama Well Amphipod
  • Stygobromus spinosus Blue Ridge Cave Amphipod
  • Stygobromus subtilis Subtle Cave Amphipod
  • Stygobromus tenuis
  • Stygobromus vitreus Mammoth Cave stygobromid
  • Tetracion jonesi Jones' Cave Millipede
  • Tetracion tennesseensis Tennessee Cave Millipede
  • Texella mulaiki
  • Tingupa pallida Tingupa Cave Millipede
  • Tolus appalachius Appalachian Cave Spider
  • Troglichthys rosae Ozark cavefish
  • Troglocambarus maclanei North Florida Spider Cave Crayfish
  • Trogloglanis pattersoni Toothless Blindcat
  • Tychobythinus hubrichti
  • Tychobythinus jonesi
  • Typhlichthys eigenmanni Salem Plateau Cavefish
  • Typhlichthys subterraneus Southern Cavefish
  • Usofila gracilis
  • Zosteractis interminata Zosteractis Cave Millipede
  • Zygonopus whitei Luray Caverns Blind Cave Millipede

Reference RE-00452

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