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Mother Lode
27 obligate subterranean species recorded

27 species 23 ranked G1 or G2 0 federally listed 26 known from here only

26 of these have been recorded nowhere else, which is usual for subterranean fauna: a species is often known from a single locality.

What is here

Pseudoscorpiones
8 species
Opiliones
5 species
Amphipoda
4 species
Entomobryomorpha
3 species
Chordeumatida
3 species
Actinedida
2 species
Tricladida
1 species
Geophilomorpha
1 species

Species

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SpeciesCommon nameGroup ClassStatus
Aphrastochthonius grubbsi Grubb's Cave Pseudoscorpion Pseudoscorpiones Troglobiont G1
Aphrastochthonius similis Carlow's Cave Pseudoscorpion Pseudoscorpiones Troglobiont G1
Apochthonius grubbsi Pseudoscorpiones Troglobiont G1G2
Australinocreagris grahami Pseudoscorpiones Troglobiont G1G2
Banksula grahami Opiliones Troglobiont G2G3
Banksula martinorum Martins' Cave Harvestman Opiliones Troglobiont G1
Banksula melones Melones Cave Harvestman Opiliones Troglobiont G1
Banksula tuolumne Tuolumne Cave Harvestman Opiliones Troglobiont G2
Banksula tutankhamen King Tut Cave Harvestman Opiliones Troglobiont G1
Foveacheles auricularia Actinedida Troglobiont
Foveacheles titanica Actinedida Troglobiont G2G3
Larca laceyi Lacey's Cave Pseudoscorpion Pseudoscorpiones Troglobiont G1
Neochthonius troglodytes Pseudoscorpiones Troglobiont G2G3
Parobisium yosemite Pseudoscorpiones Troglobiont
Plutomurus californicus Entomobryomorpha Troglobiont G2G3
Pseudogarypus orpheus Music Hall Cave Pseudoscorpion Pseudoscorpiones Troglobiont G1
Sinella baca Entomobryomorpha Troglobiont G3G4
Sinella tecta Entomobryomorpha Troglobiont G1G2
Speoseya grahami Chordeumatida Troglobiont G2G3
Sphalloplana californica California Cave Flatworm Tricladida Stygobiont G1G2
Stenophilus californicus Geophilomorpha Troglobiont G1G2
Striaria eldora Chordeumatida Troglobiont G2G3
Stygobromus gradyi Grady's Cave Amphipod Amphipoda Stygobiont G1
Stygobromus grahami Graham's Cave Amphipod Amphipoda Stygobiont G2
Stygobromus harai Hara's Cave Amphipod Amphipoda Stygobiont G1
Stygobromus wengerorum Wenger Cave Amphipod Amphipoda Stygobiont G1
Taiyutyla loftinae Chordeumatida Troglobiont

About this list

Compiled from published records, museum material, and survey reports. Coordinates are never published; distribution is published generalized to county and karst region. See the Data Sensitivity Policy.

County-level distribution is still being compiled. At present records are held to state, which is coarser than the portal intends.

Absence from this list does not mean absence from the ground. Most caves have never been surveyed, and subterranean fauna is consistently under-recorded. If you know of a species here that is missing, please tell us.

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