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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaAmphipodaBrevitalitridaeSpelaeorchestia

Kauai Cave Amphipod
Spelaeorchestia koloana Bousfield & Howarth, 1976

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Amphipoda
Family Brevitalitridae
Genus Spelaeorchestia
Species Spelaeorchestia koloana Bousfield & Howarth, 1976

Synonyms

Spelaseorchestia kiloana Bousfield & Howarth, 1976 [orth. error]

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic
Maximum body length
10 mm

Distribution

Type locality

Koloa Cave #1, Kauai , Kauai Co., HI

Range

Known from Hawaii in the Hawaii karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Hawaii

Counties

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

Karst regions

Hawaii

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
8506 · Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Holotype
8506 · Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Allotype
8507 · Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Allotype
8507 · Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 4

4 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 4 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

EN Endangered B1+2ce

EXEWCREN▲VUNTLC

Assessed in 1996.

NatureServe

G1G2 Critically Imperiled to Imperiled

G1▲G2▲G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.

Subnational ranks

Hawaii
S1 Critically Imperiled

State and federal status

Endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act listed 2000

Federal: Endangered

Threats

  • Urbanization - Residential
  • Urbanization - Comm. & Industrial
  • Mining & Quarrying
  • Recreational/Commerical Cave Activities
  • Invasive Species
  • Pollution -Sewage or Urban Wastewater
  • Pollution - Commercial/Industrial
  • Pollution - Agricultural & Forestry

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
6YWS2
GBIF
2218614
ITIS
185829
iNaturalist
133913

How to cite this account

Spelaeorchestia koloana Bousfield & Howarth, 1976. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0943. https://cavebiology.org/species/spelaeorchestia-koloana/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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