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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMaxillopodaHarpacticoidaAmeiridaeNitocrellopsis

Nitocrellopsis texana Fiers & Iliffe, 2000

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Maxillopoda
Order Harpacticoida
Family Ameiridae
Genus Nitocrellopsis
Species Nitocrellopsis texana Fiers & Iliffe, 2000

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Type locality

Honey Creek Cave, Comal Co., TX

Range

Known from Texas in the Edwards Plateau and Balcones karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Texas

Counties

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

Karst regions

Edwards Plateau and Balcones

Specimens

Type material

Paratype
USNM 274243 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 1

1 cataloged lot 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 1 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

GNR Unranked

G1G2G3G4G5

Subnational ranks

Texas
SU Unrankable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
47JNG
GBIF
5166070
ITIS
667878
iNaturalist
484346

How to cite this account

Nitocrellopsis texana Fiers & Iliffe, 2000. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1331. https://cavebiology.org/species/nitocrellopsis-texana/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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