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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
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Oklahoma
32 obligate subterranean species recorded

32 species 13 ranked G1 or G2 1 federally listed 11 known from here only

11 of these have been recorded nowhere else, which is usual for subterranean fauna: a species is often known from a single locality.

What is here

Isopoda
11 species
Amphipoda
6 species
Araneae
2 species
Decapoda
2 species
Chordeumatida
1 species
Diptera
1 species
Tricladida
1 species
Pseudoscorpiones
1 species
Zygentoma
1 species
Percopsiformes
1 species
Entomobryomorpha
1 species
Symphypleona
1 species

and 3 smaller groups.

Species

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SpeciesCommon nameGroup ClassStatus
Allocrangonyx pellucidus Oklahoma Cave Amphipod Amphipoda Stygobiont G2G3
Amerigoniscus centralis Isopoda Troglobiont G1G2
Bactrurus hubrichti Kansas Well Amphipod Amphipoda Stygobiont G4
Caecidotea acuticarpa Isopoda Stygobiont G2G3
Caecidotea adenta Isopoda Stygobiont G1G2
Caecidotea ancyla Isopoda Stygobiont G3G4
Caecidotea antricola Isopoda Stygobiont G5
Caecidotea mackini Isopoda Stygobiont GNR
Caecidotea macropropoda Bat Cave Isopod Isopoda Stygobiont G3
Caecidotea simulator Isopoda Stygobiont G2G3
Caecidotea steevesi Steeves' Cave Isopod Isopoda Stygobiont G3G4
Caecidotea stiladactyla Slender-fingered Cave Isopod Isopoda Stygobiont G3G4
Cambarus subterraneus Delaware County Cave Crayfish Decapoda Stygobiont G1
Cambarus tartarus Oklahoma Cave Crayfish Decapoda Stygobiont G1
Dendrocoelopsis americana Tricladida Stygobiont G3
Diacyclops yeatmani Yeatman's Groundwater Copepod Cyclopoida Stygobiont G2G3
Eurycea spelaea Western Grotto Salamander Caudata Troglobiont G4
Hesperochernes occidentalis Guano Pseudoscorpion Pseudoscorpiones Troglobiont G5
Islandiana unicornis Araneae Troglobiont G2G3
Miktoniscus oklahomensis Racovitza's Cave Isopod Isopoda Troglobiont G1G2
Porrhomma cavernicola Appalachian Cave Spider Araneae Troglobiont G5
Pseudosinella dubia Entomobryomorpha Troglobiont G3
Pygmarrhopalites jay Symphypleona Troglobiont G2G3
Speleonycta ozarkensis Ozark Cave Bristletail Zygentoma Troglobiont
Spelobia tenebrarum Cave dung fly Diptera Troglobiont G5
Stygobromus alabamensis Alabama cave amphipod Amphipoda Stygobiont G5
Stygobromus bowmani Bowman's Cave Amphipod Amphipoda Stygobiont G1G2
Stygobromus onondagaensis Onondaga Cave Amphipod Amphipoda Stygobiont G3
Stygobromus ozarkensis Ozark Cave Amphipod Amphipoda Stygobiont G4
Traegaardhia holsingeri Actinedida Troglobiont
Trigenotyla blacki Black's cave millipede Chordeumatida Troglobiont G1
Troglichthys rosae Ozark cavefish Percopsiformes Stygobiont G3 ESA

About this list

Compiled from published records, museum material, and survey reports. Coordinates are never published; distribution is published generalized to county and karst region. See the Data Sensitivity Policy.

County-level distribution is still being compiled. At present records are held to state, which is coarser than the portal intends.

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.

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