Ontario Stream Crangonyctid
Crangonyx rivularis Bousfield, 1958
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Crustacea |
| Class | Malacostraca |
| Order | Amphipoda |
| Family | Crangonyctidae |
| Genus | Crangonyx |
| Species | Crangonyx rivularis Bousfield, 1958 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygoxene
- Realm
- Aquatic
Distribution
Range
Known from four counties in Kentucky.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Kentucky
Counties
- Kentucky
- Estill, Fayette, Jefferson, Pulaski
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- New York
- SNR Unranked
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Peck, S.B. 1988. A review of the cave fauna of Canada, and the composition and ecology of the invertebrate fauna of caves and mines in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66: 1197–1213. doi:10.1139/z88-176
- 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 rivularis Bousfield, 1958. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1630. https://cavebiology.org/species/crangonyx-rivularis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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