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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaAmphipodaCrangonyctidaeCrangonyx

Pennsylvania Cave Amphipod
Crangonyx dearolfi Shoemaker, 1942

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Amphipoda
Family Crangonyctidae
Genus Crangonyx
Species Crangonyx dearolfi Shoemaker, 1942

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Hobo Cave, Berks Co. PA

Range

Known from two states in the Appalachians karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Maryland, Pennsylvania

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Karst regions

Appalachians

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
USNM 78266 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 14

14 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 14 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

EN Endangered B1+2c

EXEWCREN▲VUNTLC

Assessed in 1996.

NatureServe

G2 Imperiled

G1G2▲G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 17 March 2008.

Subnational ranks

Maryland
S1 Critically Imperiled
Pennsylvania
S1 Critically Imperiled
District of Columbia
SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
Z4TP
GBIF
2217992
ITIS
593499
iNaturalist
98598

How to cite this account

Crangonyx dearolfi Shoemaker, 1942. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0959. https://cavebiology.org/species/crangonyx-dearolfi/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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