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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaAmphipodaCrangonyctidaeStygobromus

Stygobromus anacostensis Cannizzaro et al., 2024

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Amphipoda
Family Crangonyctidae
Genus Stygobromus
Species Stygobromus anacostensis Cannizzaro et al., 2024

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Range

Known from District of Columbia in the Other karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

District of Columbia

Counties

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

Karst regions

Other

Genetics

Molecular resources

MarkerMoleculeSequences LengthExemplar
28S nuclear 35 377-834 bp PZ240780.1
COI mitochondrial 19 534-535 bp PZ235390.1
18S nuclear 11 610-610 bp OR530138.1
H3 nuclear 10 329-329 bp OR506381.1

75 sequences, retrieved 23 August 2026. Counts change as sequences are deposited. Search GenBank.

Download all 75 sequence records (CSV) Accession, marker, molecule type, length, GenBank definition and a direct link.

Conservation and management

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
T94HT
GBIF
2217779
iNaturalist
1534298
NCBI Taxonomy
3073301

How to cite this account

Stygobromus anacostensis Cannizzaro et al., 2024. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-0976. https://cavebiology.org/species/stygobromus-anacostensis/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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