Gammarus minus Say, 1818

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Stygophile

Realm

Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Known from 115 counties across 14 states in the Appalachians karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

Counties

Alabama

Jackson, Lauderdale, Marshall

Arkansas

Benton, Independence, Izard, Lawrence, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Stone, Washington

Georgia

Walker

Illinois

Adams, Calhoun, Hardin, Jackson, Jersey, Johnson, Monroe, Pike, Pulaski, Randolph, St. Clair, Union

Indiana

Clark, Crawford, Greene, Harrison, Jefferson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Washington

Kentucky

Adair, Breckenridge, Caldwell, Carter, Edmonson, Estill, Hart, Jackson, Jefferson, Jessamine, Lee, Meade, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Trigg, Wayne, Woodford

Maryland

Carroll, Montgomery, Washington

Missouri

Boone, Crawford, Franklin, Phelps, Reynold, Shannon, St. Genevieve, St. Louis, Stone, Washington

Ohio

Adams

Oklahoma

Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa

Pennsylvania

Armstrong, Blair, Centre, Clinton, Dauphin, Fayette, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Lycoming, Mifflin

Tennessee

Cannon, Claiborne, DeKalb, Franklin, Grundy, Hancock, Marion, Overton, Perry, Shelby, Sullivan, White

Virginia

Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Clarke, Fairfax, Giles, Highland, Lee, Montgomery, Pulaski, Russell, Scott, Tazewell, Washington

West Virginia

Greenbrier, Jefferson, Mercer, Monroe, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, Tucker

Karst regions

Appalachians

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

Subnational ranks

Illinois

SNR Unranked

Oklahoma

SNR Unranked

Tennessee

SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• Hay, W.P. 1902. Observations on the crustacean fauna of Nickajack Cave, Tennessee, and vicinity. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 417–439. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.25-1292.417
• Hay, W.P. 1902. Observations on the crustacean fauna of the region about Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 223–236. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.25-1285.223
• Hobbs, III., H.H. 1994. Assessment of the ecological resources of the caves of Russell Cave National Monument, Jackson County, Alabama and of selected caves at the Lookout Mountain Unit of Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park, Dade County, Georgia and Hamilton County, Tennessee. 200 pp.
• 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
• Lewis, J.J. & Bowman, T.E. 1981. The subterranean asellids (Caecidotea) of Illinois (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 335: 1–66. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.335
• Lewis, J.J., Moss, P., Tecic, D. & Nelson, M.E. 2003. A conservation focused inventory of subterranean invertebrates of the southwestern Illinois karst. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 65: 9–21.
• Lewis, J.J. 2004. Interstate 66 karst faunal study. Environmental Impact Statement. 17 pp.
• Lewis, J.J. 2005. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
• Lewis, J.J. & Lewis, S.L. 2007. A biological reconnaissance of selected caves in the Highland Rim area of central Tennessee. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 42 pp.
• Lewis, J.J., Whitaker, J.O. & Krantz, G.W. 2010. A biological reconnaissance of the invertebrate fauna of twelve Tennessee caves with notes on the guanophilic mites of the genus Macrocheles. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85: 53–61.
• McDaniel, V.R. & Smith, K.L. 1976. Cave fauna of Arkansas: selected invertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 30: 57–60. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol30/iss1/22.
• Peck, S.B. & Lewis, J.J. 1978. Zoogeography and evolution of the subterranean invertebrate faunas of Illinois and southeastern Missouri. National Speleological Society Bulletin 40: 39–63.
• Webb, D.W., Taylor, S.J. & Krejca, J.K. 1993. The biological resources of Illinois caves and other subterranean environments. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA. 143 pp.

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