Alabama
170 obligate subterranean species recorded
170
species
110
ranked G1 or G2
2
federally listed
115
known from here only
115 of these have been recorded nowhere else, which is usual for subterranean fauna: a species is often known from a single locality.
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What is here
- Coleoptera
- 51 species
- Pseudoscorpiones
- 40 species
- Araneae
- 14 species
- Chordeumatida
- 10 species
- Decapoda
- 9 species
- Amphipoda
- 8 species
- Entomobryomorpha
- 5 species
- Isopoda
- 5 species
- Poduromorpha
- 4 species
- Opiliones
- 3 species
- Stylommatophora
- 3 species
- Rhabdura
- 3 species
and 13 smaller groups.
Species
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| Species | Common name | Group | Class | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabamocreagris mortis | Alabama pseudoscorpion | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1G2 |
| Alabamocreagris pecki | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Ameractis satis | Julida | Troglobiont | G2G4 | |
| Anillinus cavicola | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | ||
| Anillinus clinei | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | ||
| Anillinus hildebrandti | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | ||
| Anillinus tombarri | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | ||
| Anillinus valentinei | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3G4 | |
| Anthrobia monmouthia | Mammoth Cave Spider | Araneae | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Antrorbis breweri | Manitou cavesnail | Littorinimorpha | Stygobiont | G1 |
| Aphrastochthonius pecki | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Aphrastochthonius tenax | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Apochthonius russelli | Russell Cave Pseudoscorpion | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Appaleptoneta barrowsi | Araneae | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Appaleptoneta credula | Araneae | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Appaleptoneta jonesi | Araneae | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Arianops cavernensis | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | GNR | |
| Arianops steevesi | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | GNR | |
| Bactrurus wilsoni | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G1G2 | |
| Batriasymmodes spelaeus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3G4 | |
| Batriasymmodes troglodytes | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Batrisodes cavernosus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Batrisodes jocuvestus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Batrisodes jonesi | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G2G3 | |
| Batrisodes profundus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Batrisodes specus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3G4 | |
| Batrisodes subterraneus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Batrisodes tumoris | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Batrisodes valentinei | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G2G4 | |
| Bishopella jonesi | Opiliones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Caecidotea alabamensis | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G3G4 | |
| Caecidotea bicrenata | Two-toothed Cave Isopod | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Caecidotea dauphina | Isopoda | Stygobiont | ||
| Caecidotea nickajackensis | Nickajack Cave Isopod | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G1 |
| Caecidotea richardsonae | Tennessee Valley Cave Isopod | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Cambarincola sheltensis | Branchiobdellida | Stygobiont | G1G2 | |
| Cambarus hamulatus | Prickly Cave Crayfish | Decapoda | Stygobiont | G3G4 |
| Cambarus jonesi | Alabama Cave Crayfish | Decapoda | Stygobiont | G2 |
| Cambarus laconensis | Lacon Exit Cave Crayfish | Decapoda | Stygobiont | G1 |
| Cambarus pecki | Phantom Cave Crayfish | Decapoda | Stygobiont | G1G2 |
| Cambarus sheltae | Shelta Cave Crayfish | Decapoda | Stygobiont | G1 |
| Cambarus speleocoopi | Sweet Home Alabama Cave Crayfish | Decapoda | Stygobiont | G1 |
| Cambarus veitchorum | White Spring Cave Crayfish | Decapoda | Stygobiont | G1 |
| Carychium stygium | Cave thorn | Basommatophora | Troglobiont | G3 |
| Catopocerus alabamae | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | GNR | |
| Catopocerus jonesi | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | GNR | |
| Cicurina wiltoni | Araneae | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Crangonyx antennatus | Appalachian Valley crangonyctid | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Diacyclops alabamensis | Cyclopoida | Stygobiont | ||
| Glyphyalinia pecki | Blind Glyph | Stylommatophora | Troglobiont | G1G2 |
| Glyphyalinia specus | Hollow glyph | Stylommatophora | Troglobiont | G4 |
| Gyrinophilus palleucus | Tennessee Cave Salamander | Caudata | Stygobiont | G2G3 |
| Helicodiscus barri | Raccoon coil | Stylommatophora | Troglobiont | G3G4 |
| Hesperochernes mirabilis | Southeastern Cave Pseudoscorpion | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Hesperonemastoma pallidimaculosum | Opiliones | Troglobiont | G3 | |
| Islandiana muma | Araneae | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Liocranoides archeri | Archer's Two-clawed Cave Spider | Araneae | Troglobiont | G2 |
| Lissocreagris eurydice | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Lissocreagris nickajackensis | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Lissocreagris persephone | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Lissocreagris pluto | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Litocampa cookei | Cooke's Cave Dipluran | Rhabdura | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Litocampa henroti | Rhabdura | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Litocampa valentinei | Rhabdura | Troglobiont | G5 | |
| Nannopetalum fontis | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | ||
| Nesticus barri | Barr's Cave Spider | Araneae | Troglobiont | G3 |
| Nesticus jonesi | Cave Spring Cave Spider | Araneae | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Onychiurus janus | Poduromorpha | Troglobiont | G2G3 | |
| Onychiurus paro | Poduromorpha | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Orconectes australis | Southern Cave Crayfish | Decapoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Ozarkia alabama | Araneae | Troglobiont | GNR | |
| Ozarkia blanda | Araneae | Troglobiont | GNR | |
| Ozarkia serena | Araneae | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Palaemonias alabamae | Alabama Cave Shrimp | Decapoda | Stygobiont | G1 ESA |
| Parvidrilus strayeri | Lumbriculida | Stygobiont | G1G2 | |
| Phanetta subterranea | Subterranean Sheetweb Spider | Araneae | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Porrhomma cavernicola | Appalachian Cave Spider | Araneae | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Pseudanophthalmus alabamae | Alabama Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G2 |
| Pseudanophthalmus alladini | Alladin's Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3G4 |
| Pseudanophthalmus assimilis | West Wills Valley Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 |
| Pseudanophthalmus distinguens | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus fluviatilis | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus lodingi | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus meridionalis | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G2 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus nickajackensis | Nickajack Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus profundus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G2 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus sequoyah | Sequoyah Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus steevesi | Steeves' Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 |
| Pseudosinella christianseni | Christiansen's Cave Springtail | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Pseudosinella hirsuta | Hirsute Cave Springtail | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Pseudosinella nata | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Pseudosinella spinosa | Spiny Cave Springtail | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Pseudotremia eburnea | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G2G4 | |
| Pseudotremia minos | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Pseudotremia nyx | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Pseudotremia rhadamanthus | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Ptomaphagus chromolithus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G2G3 | |
| Ptomaphagus episcopus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Ptomaphagus hatchi | Hatch's Cave Fungus Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3 |
| Ptomaphagus hazelae | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Ptomaphagus julius | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Ptomaphagus laticornis | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Ptomaphagus loedingi | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Ptomaphagus longicornis | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3G4 | |
| Ptomaphagus solanum | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Ptomaphagus torodei | Torode's Cave Fungus Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 |
| Ptomaphagus valentinei | Valentine's Cave Fungus Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3G4 |
| Ptomaphagus walteri | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Ptomaphagus whiteselli | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G2G3 | |
| Sagittocythere barri | Podocopida | Stygobiont | G5 | |
| Scoterpes alabama | Alabama Cave Millipede | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | |
| Scoterpes austrinus | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G3G4 | |
| Scoterpes stewartpecki | Peck's Cave Millipede | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | |
| Scoterpes syntheticus | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | ||
| Scoterpes willreevesi | Reeves' Cave Millipede | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | |
| Sinella barri | Barr's Cave Springtail | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Speleobama vana | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Speleochus croceus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Speleochus eurous | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G2G3 | |
| Speleochus ferus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Speleochus steevesi | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G4 | |
| Speleochus stygicus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Speleochus synstygicus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Spelobia tenebrarum | Cave dung fly | Diptera | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni | Alabama cavefish | Percopsiformes | Stygobiont | G1 ESA |
| Sphalloplana percoeca | Tricladida | Stygobiont | G5 | |
| Spinanycta alabamensis | Alabama Cave Bristletail | Zygentoma | Troglobiont | |
| Stygobromus alabamensis | Alabama cave amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Stygobromus dicksoni | Dickson cave stygobromid | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Stygobromus exilis | Central Kentucky Cave Amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Stygobromus inexpectatus | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G1 | |
| Stygobromus smithi | Alabama Well Amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G2G3 |
| Stygobromus vitreus | Mammoth Cave stygobromid | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G4 |
| Stylodrilus wahkeenensis | Lumbriculida | Stygobiont | ||
| Tetracion jonesi | Jones' Cave Millipede | Callipodida | Troglobiont | G3G4 |
| Tolus appalachius | Appalachian Cave Spider | Opiliones | Troglobiont | G3G4 |
| Tychobythinus jonesi | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Typhlichthys subterraneus | Southern Cavefish | Percopsiformes | Stygobiont | G4 |
| Typhlogastrura alabamensis | Poduromorpha | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Typhlogastrura christianseni | Poduromorpha | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius aladdinensis | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius aralu | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius archeri | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius attenuatus | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius avernicolus | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius barri | Barr's Cave Pseudoscorpion | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Tyrannochthonius binoculatus | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius chamberlini | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius charon | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius diabolus | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Tyrannochthonius erebicus | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius felix | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius gnomus | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius halopotamus | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius infernalis | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius jonesi | Jones' Cave Pseudoscorpion | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Tyrannochthonius nergal | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius orpheus | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Tyrannochthonius osiris | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius parvus | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Tyrannochthonius pecki | Peck's Cave Peudoscorpion | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Tyrannochthonius pholeter | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius pluto | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Tyrannochthonius satan | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius sheltae | Shelta Cave Pseudoscorpion | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Tyrannochthonius skeletonis | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius stygius | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius tartarus | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius tenuis | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius torodei | Torode's Cave Pseudoscorpion | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 |
About this list
Compiled from published records, museum material, and survey reports, and recorded to 2 counties. Coordinates are never published; distribution is published generalized to county and karst region. See the Data Sensitivity Policy.
Absence from this list does not mean absence from the ground. Most caves have never been surveyed, and subterranean fauna is consistently under-recorded. If you know of a species here that is missing, please tell us.