Mexican Freshwater Shrimp
Hyalella azteca (Saussure, 1858)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Crustacea |
| Class | Malacostraca |
| Order | Amphipoda |
| Family | Hyalellidae |
| Genus | Hyalella |
| Species | Hyalella azteca (Saussure, 1858) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygoxene
- Realm
- Aquatic
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties in Florida.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Florida
Counties
- Florida
- Holmes, Levy
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
- Canada
- N4 Apparently Secure
Subnational ranks
- Montana
- SNA Not Applicable
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Oregon
- SNR Unranked
- Arizona
- SNR Unranked
- Idaho
- SNR Unranked
- California
- SNR Unranked
- Wyoming
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Washington
- SNR Unranked
- Alaska
- SNR Unranked
- New Mexico
- SNR Unranked
- Saskatchewan
- SNR Unranked
- Yukon
- SU Unrankable
- British Columbia
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Bousfield, E.L. 1963. New fresh-water amphipod crustaceans from Florida. Natural History Papers of the National Museum of Canada 18: 1–9.
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
- Helfman, G.S. 1986. Diel distribution and activity of American eels (Anguilla rostrata) in a cave-spring. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 43: 1595–1605. doi:10.1139/f86-198
How to cite this account
Hyalella azteca (Saussure, 1858). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1769. https://cavebiology.org/species/hyalella-azteca/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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