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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaAmphipodaCrangonyctidaeBactrurus

Bactrurus cellulanus Koenemann & Holsinger, 2001

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Amphipoda
Family Crangonyctidae
Genus Bactrurus
Species Bactrurus cellulanus Koenemann & Holsinger, 2001

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Seep-fed stream in basement of Jordan Hall, Bloomington, IN

Range

Known from one county in Indiana in the Interior Low Plateau karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Indiana

Counties

Indiana
Monroe

Karst regions

Interior Low Plateau

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
USNM 296422 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Allotype
USNM 310859 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 4

4 cataloged lots in 1 collection. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.

Download all 4 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GX Presumed Extinct

G1G2G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 10 April 2003.

Subnational ranks

Indiana
SX Presumed Extirpated

Ranks looked up 23 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
KB5F
GBIF
2217960
ITIS
656768
iNaturalist
214771

References

  • Taylor, S.J. & Niemiller, M.L. 2016. Biogeography and conservation assessment of Bactrurus groundwater amphipods (Crangonyctidae) in the central and eastern United States. Subterranean Biology 17: 1–29. doi:10.3897/subtbiol.17.7298

This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.

How to cite this account

Bactrurus cellulanus Koenemann & Holsinger, 2001. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0949. https://cavebiology.org/species/bactrurus-cellulanus/ (accessed 18 October 2026).
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