Tennessee
215 obligate subterranean species recorded
215
species
129
ranked G1 or G2
0
federally listed
109
known from here only
109 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
- Coleoptera
- 73 species
- Chordeumatida
- 30 species
- Pseudoscorpiones
- 19 species
- Araneae
- 14 species
- Amphipoda
- 12 species
- Isopoda
- 12 species
- Entomobryomorpha
- 12 species
- Tricladida
- 5 species
- Decapoda
- 5 species
- Rhabdura
- 4 species
- Cyclopoida
- 4 species
- Stylommatophora
- 3 species
and 15 smaller groups.
Species
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| Species | Common name | Group | Class | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameractis satis | Julida | Troglobiont | G2G4 | |
| Amerigoniscus nicholasi | Isopoda | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Anillinus longiceps | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | ||
| Anillinus smokiensis | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | ||
| Anthrobia monmouthia | Mammoth Cave Spider | Araneae | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Antrorbis tennesseensis | Tennessee Cavesnail | Littorinimorpha | Stygobiont | GNR |
| Apochthonius minor | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Arianops gorei | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | ||
| Arianops pecki | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | ||
| Arianops stygica | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Bactrurus angulus | Cumberland Gap Cave Amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G1 |
| Batriasymmodes greeveri | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Batriasymmodes quisnamus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3 | |
| Batriasymmodes spelaeus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3G4 | |
| Batrisodes barri | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Batrisodes clypeospecus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Batrisodes ferulifer | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Batrisodes gemmoides | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Batrisodes gemmus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Batrisodes pannosus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Batrisodes specus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3G4 | |
| Batrisodes valentinei | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G2G4 | |
| Caecidotea bicrenata | Two-toothed Cave Isopod | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Caecidotea catachaetus | Isopoda | Stygobiont | ||
| Caecidotea circulus | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G1G2 | |
| Caecidotea nickajackensis | Nickajack Cave Isopod | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G1 |
| Caecidotea nortoni | Norton's Cave Isopod | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G2G3 |
| Caecidotea recurvata | Southwest Virginia Cave Isopod | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Caecidotea richardsonae | Tennessee Valley Cave Isopod | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Caecidotea scyphus | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G1G2 | |
| Caecidotea stygia | Stygian Cave Isopod | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Cambarincola alienus | Branchiobdellida | Stygobiont | G1G2 | |
| Cambarincola marthae | Branchiobdellida | Stygobiont | G1G2 | |
| Cambarus hamulatus | Prickly Cave Crayfish | Decapoda | Stygobiont | G3G4 |
| Carychium stygium | Cave thorn | Basommatophora | Troglobiont | G3 |
| Chaetaspis debilis | Polydesmida | Troglobiont | ||
| Chaetaspis mollis | Polydesmida | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Chitrella archeri | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Condeicampa langei | Rhabdura | Troglobiont | GNR | |
| Crangonyx antennatus | Appalachian Valley crangonyctid | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Darlingtonea kentuckensis | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3G4 | |
| Diacyclops indianensis | Indiana Groundwater Copepod | Cyclopoida | Stygobiont | G2 |
| Diacyclops yeatmani | Yeatman's Groundwater Copepod | Cyclopoida | Stygobiont | G2G3 |
| Eremidrilus allegheniensis | Lumbriculida | Stygobiont | G1G2 | |
| Glyphyalinia specus | Hollow glyph | Stylommatophora | Troglobiont | G4 |
| Gyrinophilus gulolineatus | Berry cave salamander | Caudata | Stygobiont | G1 |
| Gyrinophilus palleucus | Tennessee Cave Salamander | Caudata | Stygobiont | G2G3 |
| Helicodiscus barri | Raccoon coil | Stylommatophora | Troglobiont | G3G4 |
| Helicodiscus notius specus | Hollow Coil | Stylommatophora | Troglobiont | G2 |
| Hesperochernes mirabilis | Southeastern Cave Pseudoscorpion | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Kleptochthonius affinis | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Kleptochthonius barri | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Kleptochthonius charon | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Kleptochthonius daemonius | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Kleptochthonius infernalis | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Kleptochthonius magnus | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Kleptochthonius myopius | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Kleptochthonius pluto | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Kleptochthonius rex | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Kleptochthonius stygius | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Kleptochthonius tantalus | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Lethemurus missus | Missus Cave Springtail | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G4 |
| Liocranoides archeri | Archer's Two-clawed Cave Spider | Araneae | Troglobiont | G2 |
| Liocranoides unicolor | Araneae | Troglobiont | GU | |
| Lissocreagris nickajackensis | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Litocampa cookei | Cooke's Cave Dipluran | Rhabdura | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Litocampa jonesi | Rhabdura | Troglobiont | G2G3 | |
| Litocampa valentinei | Rhabdura | Troglobiont | G5 | |
| Megacyclops donnaldsoni | Donaldson's Cave Copepod | Cyclopoida | Stygobiont | G3G4 |
| Mexichthonius exoticus | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Miktoniscus barri | Barr's Terrestrial Cave Isopod | Isopoda | Troglobiont | G2G4 |
| Nelsonites walteri | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3 | |
| Nesticus barri | Barr's Cave Spider | Araneae | Troglobiont | G3 |
| Nesticus barrowsi | Araneae | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Nesticus dilutus | Grassy Creek Cave Spider | Araneae | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Nesticus furtivus | Racoon Mountain Caverns Cave Spider | Araneae | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Nesticus paynei | Araneae | Troglobiont | G3G4 | |
| Nesticus pecki | Monteagle Cave Spider | Araneae | Troglobiont | GNR |
| Nesticus stygius | Araneae | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Nesticus tennesseensis | Tennessee Cave Spider | Araneae | Troglobiont | G3G4 |
| Orconectes australis | Southern Cave Crayfish | Decapoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Orconectes barri | Cumberland Plateau Cave Crayfish | Decapoda | Stygobiont | G2 |
| Orconectes incomptus | Tennessee Cave Crayfish | Decapoda | Stygobiont | G2 |
| Orconectes pellucidus | Mammoth Cave Crayfish | Decapoda | Stygobiont | G4 |
| Oreonetides beattyi | Beatty's Sheetweb Cave Spider | Araneae | Troglobiont | GNR |
| Phagocata notorchis | Tricladida | Stygobiont | ||
| Phanetta subterranea | Subterranean Sheetweb Spider | Araneae | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Poecilophysis weyerensis | Actinedida | Troglobiont | G3 | |
| Porrhomma cavernicola | Appalachian Cave Spider | Araneae | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Pseudanophthalmus acherontis | Echo Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus beakleyi | Beakley's Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3G4 |
| Pseudanophthalmus bendermani | Benderman's Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 |
| Pseudanophthalmus catherinae | Catherine's Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus cerberus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3G4 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus ciliaris | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3G4 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus colemanensis | Coleman Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus cumberlandus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus digitus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus englehardti | Englehardt's Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus farrelli | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus fowlerae | Fowler's Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus fulleri | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G2G3 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus hesperus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus hirsutus | Cumberland Gap Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 |
| Pseudanophthalmus humeralis | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G2 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus inquisitor | Inquirer Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus insularis | Baker Station Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus intermedius | Intermediate Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G2 |
| Pseudanophthalmus jonesi | Grassy Cove Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 |
| Pseudanophthalmus loganensis | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G2G3 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus longiceps | Long-headed Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 |
| Pseudanophthalmus macradyi | Macrady's Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 |
| Pseudanophthalmus nickajackensis | Nickajack Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus nortoni | Norton's Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus occidentalis | Western Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 |
| Pseudanophthalmus pallidus | Pale Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 |
| Pseudanophthalmus paradoxus | Ridetop Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus paulus | Nobletts Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus paynei | Payne's Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus princeps | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus productus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3G4 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus pusillus | Tiny Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus robustus | Robust Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3G4 |
| Pseudanophthalmus rotundatus | Rotund Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G2 |
| Pseudanophthalmus scutilis | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus sidus | Meredith Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus simplex | Simple Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 |
| Pseudanophthalmus templetoni | Templeton's Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus tennesseensis | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus tiresias | Indian Grave Point Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus tullahoma | Duck River Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 |
| Pseudanophthalmus unionis | Union County Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 |
| Pseudanophthalmus valentinei | Valentine's Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3G4 |
| Pseudanophthalmus vanburenensis | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Pseudanophthalmus ventus | Blowing Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudanophthalmus wallacei | Wallace's Cave Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudobaicalasellus incurvus | Incurved Cave Isopod | Isopoda | Stygobiont | G2G4 |
| Pseudocandona jeanneli | Jeannel's Cave Ostracod | Podocopida | Stygobiont | G3 |
| Pseudosinella christianseni | Christiansen's Cave Springtail | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Pseudosinella espanita | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Pseudosinella fonsa | Fountain Cave Springtail | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G3G4 |
| Pseudosinella hirsuta | Hirsute Cave Springtail | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Pseudosinella orba | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G3G4 | |
| Pseudosinella pecki | Peck's Cave Springtail | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G2G3 |
| Pseudosinella spinosa | Spiny Cave Springtail | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Pseudotremia acheron | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Pseudotremia barri | Barr's Cave Millipede | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G2 |
| Pseudotremia callae | Call's Cave Milliped | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudotremia cercops | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Pseudotremia deprehendor | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Pseudotremia douglasi | Douglas' Cave Milliped | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudotremia eburnea | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G2G4 | |
| Pseudotremia garlandae | Garland's Cave Millipede | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudotremia hoffmani | Hoffman's Cave Millipede | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | GNR |
| Pseudotremia hollidayi | Holliday's Cave Milliped | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudotremia lethe | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Pseudotremia lictor | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Pseudotremia manni | Mann's Cave Millipede | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudotremia minos | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Pseudotremia nodosa | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G4 | |
| Pseudotremia rhadamanthus | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Pseudotremia roebuckorum | Roebuck's Cave Millipede | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudotremia sheari | Shear's Cave Millipede | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | GNR |
| Pseudotremia valga | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Pseudotremia wallaceae | Wallace's Cave Millipede | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Pseudotremia withersi | Withers' Cave Millipede | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G1 |
| Ptomaphagus barri | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G2G3 | |
| Ptomaphagus chromolithus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G2G3 | |
| Ptomaphagus fecundus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Ptomaphagus hatchi | Hatch's Cave Fungus Beetle | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G3 |
| Ptomaphagus hubrichti | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G2G3 | |
| Pygmarrhopalites marshalli | Symphypleona | Troglobiont | G3 | |
| Pygmarrhopalites pavo | Symphypleona | Troglobiont | G3 | |
| Rheocyclops indiana | Indiana Groundwater Copepod | Cyclopoida | Stygobiont | G1 |
| Sagittocythere barri | Podocopida | Stygobiont | G5 | |
| Scoterpes blountensis | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | ||
| Scoterpes copei | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G3G4 | |
| Scoterpes hesperus | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | ||
| Scoterpes jackdanieli | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | ||
| Scoterpes musicarustica | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | ||
| Scoterpes stewartpecki | Peck's Cave Millipede | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | |
| Scoterpes tombarri | Barr's Cave Millipede | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | |
| Scoterpes tricorner | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | ||
| Scoterpes ventus | Chordeumatida | Troglobiont | G3 | |
| Sinella barri | Barr's Cave Springtail | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Sinella basidens | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G3G4 | |
| Sinella cavernarum | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G5 | |
| Sinella hoffmani | Hoffman's Cave Springtail | Entomobryomorpha | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Speleochus ferus | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Speleochus steevesi | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G4 | |
| Spelobia tenebrarum | Cave dung fly | Diptera | Troglobiont | G5 |
| Sphalloplana buchanani | Buchanan's Cave Flatworm | Tricladida | Stygobiont | G1G2 |
| Sphalloplana chandleri | Chandler's Cave Flatworm | Tricladida | Stygobiont | G1G2 |
| Sphalloplana consimilis | Powell Valley Cave Flatworm | Tricladida | Stygobiont | G2G3 |
| Sphalloplana percoeca | Tricladida | Stygobiont | G5 | |
| Stygobromus alabamensis | Alabama cave amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Stygobromus barryi | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G1 | |
| Stygobromus dicksoni | Dickson cave stygobromid | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Stygobromus exilis | Central Kentucky Cave Amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Stygobromus fecundus | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G1G2 | |
| Stygobromus finleyi | Finley's Cave Amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G3G4 |
| Stygobromus mackini | Southwestern Virginia Cave Amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G5 |
| Stygobromus nortoni | Norton's Cave Amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G2G3 |
| Stygobromus sparsus | Gregory Cave Amphipod | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G1 |
| Stygobromus vitreus | Mammoth Cave stygobromid | Amphipoda | Stygobiont | G4 |
| Stylodrilus wahkeenensis | Lumbriculida | Stygobiont | ||
| Tetracion jonesi | Jones' Cave Millipede | Callipodida | Troglobiont | G3G4 |
| Tetracion tennesseensis | Tennessee Cave Millipede | Callipodida | Troglobiont | G2G3 |
| Tolus appalachius | Appalachian Cave Spider | Opiliones | Troglobiont | G3G4 |
| Tychobythinus strinatii | Coleoptera | Troglobiont | G1G2 | |
| Typhlichthys subterraneus | Southern Cavefish | Percopsiformes | Stygobiont | G4 |
| Typhlogastrura christianseni | Poduromorpha | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius fiskei | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius halopotamus | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 | |
| Tyrannochthonius steevesi | Steeves' Cave Pseudoscorpion | Pseudoscorpiones | Troglobiont | G1 |
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.