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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaAmphipodaCrangonyctidaeCrangonyx

Shoemaker Crangonyctid
Crangonyx shoemakeri (Hubricht & Mackin, 1940)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Amphipoda
Family Crangonyctidae
Genus Crangonyx
Species Crangonyx shoemakeri (Hubricht & Mackin, 1940)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygophile
Realm
Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Known from 13 counties across six states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia

Counties

Iowa
Des Moines, Washington
Illinois
Henderson, Knox, McDonough
Indiana
DeKalb, Henry, Noble
Michigan
Genesee, Monroe
Ohio
Crawford, Wood
Virginia
Dinwiddie

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

District of Columbia
SNR Unranked
Maryland
SNR Unranked
Virginia
SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Hubricht, L. 1943. Studies in the Nearctic freshwater amphipods, III. Notes on the freshwater Amphipoda of eastern United States, with descriptions of ten new species. The American Midland Naturalist 29: 683–712. doi:10.2307/2421157
  • 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 shoemakeri (Hubricht & Mackin, 1940). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1632. https://cavebiology.org/species/crangonyx-shoemakeri/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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