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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaAmphipodaCrangonyctidaeCrangonyx

Large Male Crangonyctid
Crangonyx anomalus Hubricht, 1943

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Amphipoda
Family Crangonyctidae
Genus Crangonyx
Species Crangonyx anomalus Hubricht, 1943

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygophile
Realm
Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Known from three counties across three states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Illinois, Indiana, Ohio

Counties

Illinois
Pope
Indiana
Jennings
Ohio
Shelby

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G4 Apparently Secure

G1G2G3G4▲G5

National ranks

United States
N4 Apparently Secure

Subnational ranks

Ohio
SNR Unranked
Illinois
SU Unrankable
Kentucky
S4 Apparently Secure
Indiana
S2 Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Webb, D.W., Taylor, S.J. & Krejca, J.K. 1993. The biological resources of Illinois caves and other subterranean environments. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA. 143 pp.
  • Zhang, J. & Holsinger, J.R. 2003. Systematics of the freshwater amphipod genus Crangonyx (Crangonyctidae) in North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Memior 6: 1–274.

How to cite this account

Crangonyx anomalus Hubricht, 1943. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1613. https://cavebiology.org/species/crangonyx-anomalus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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