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
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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