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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaAmphipodaCrangonyctidae

Genus Crangonyx
Spence Bate, 1859

Species in this portal
15
Ecological class
All stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
13 states and provinces
Karst regions
Appalachians, Florida Lime Sinks, Interior Low Plateau, Other, Ozarks
Conservation
11 of 15 ranked G1 or G2

Species in this portal

Species Common name Class Status States Karst regions
Crangonyx antennatus Packard, 1881 Appalachian Valley crangonyctid Stygobiont G5 AL, GA, TN, VA Appalachians, Interior Low Plateau
Crangonyx barri Zhang & Holsinger, 2003 Barr's Cave Amphipod Stygobiont G5 IN, KY Interior Low Plateau
Crangonyx caecus Zhang & Holsinger, 2003 Stygobiont G1 KY Interior Low Plateau
Crangonyx castellanum Zhang & Holsinger, 2003 Stygobiont G1 KY Interior Low Plateau
Crangonyx dearolfi Shoemaker, 1942 Pennsylvania Cave Amphipod Stygobiont G2 EN MD, PA Appalachians
Crangonyx grandimanus Bousfield, 1963 Florida Cave Amphipod Stygobiont G2G3 VU FL Florida Lime Sinks
Crangonyx hobbsi Shoemaker, 1941 Hobb's Cave Amphipod Stygobiont G2G3 VU FL Florida Lime Sinks
Crangonyx indianensis Zhang & Holsinger, 2003 Indiana Cave Amphipod Stygobiont G3 IN Interior Low Plateau
Crangonyx lewisi Zhang & Holsinger, 2003 Lewis' Cave Amphipod Stygobiont G2 IN, KY Interior Low Plateau
Crangonyx manubrium Cannizzaro & Sawicki in Cannizzaro, Balding, Lazo-Wasem & Sawicki, 2019 Jackson County Cave Amphipod Stygobiont G1G2 FL Florida Lime Sinks
Crangonyx ohioensis Zhang & Holsinger, 2003 Ohio Cave Amphipod Stygobiont G1G2 IN, KY, OH Interior Low Plateau
Crangonyx packardi Smith, 1888 Packard's Cave Amphipod Stygobiont G4 IL, IN, KS, KY, MO Interior Low Plateau, Other, Ozarks
Crangonyx parhobbsi Cannizzaro & Sawicki in Cannizzaro, Balding, Lazo-Wasem & Sawicki, 2020 Florida Big Bend Cave Amphipod Stygobiont G1G2 FL, GA Florida Lime Sinks
Crangonyx specus Zhang & Holsinger, 2003 Stygobiont G1 KY Interior Low Plateau
Crangonyx sulphurium Sawicki & Holsinger, 2017 Sulphurous Cave Amphipod Stygobiont G1 FL Florida Lime Sinks

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
7NTPJ
GBIF
2217966
ITIS
95081
iNaturalist
87661
NCBI Taxonomy
111556

Cave Biology Data Portal

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