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Washington
16 species recorded, 15 of them obligate subterranean

16 species 15 obligate subterranean 9 ranked G1 or G2 0 federally listed 8 known from here only 6 counties with a record

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

By county

10 of 16 species carry a county. The remaining 6 are recorded to the state only.

  • Jefferson 1 species
  • Klickitat 1 species
  • Skamania 5 species
  • Spokane 4 species
  • Whitman 2 species
  • Yakima 1 species

County is the finest resolution published. Coordinates are withheld as a matter of policy, not because they are missing.

What is here

Amphipoda
4 species
Actinedida
3 species
Isopoda
2 species
Pseudoscorpiones
1 species
Chordeumatida
1 species
Poduromorpha
1 species
Bathynellacea
1 species
Symphypleona
1 species
Entomobryomorpha
1 species
Opiliones
1 species

How they use caves

Troglobiont
8 species
Stygobiont
7 species
Troglophile
1 species

What material exists

Museum material
11 of 16 species
Published sequences
2 of 16 species

Species

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SpeciesCommon nameGroup ClassStatus
Americocreagris columbiana Pseudoscorpiones Troglobiont G2G3
Columbasellus acheron Isopoda Stygobiont
Elliotta howarthi Actinedida Troglobiont G1G2
Lophomus skamania Chordeumatida Troglobiont
Onychiurus gelus Poduromorpha Troglobiont G2G3
Pacificabathynella sequoiae Bathynellacea Stygobiont GNR
Pygmarrhopalites clarus Clarus Cave Springtail Symphypleona Troglobiont G4
Robustocheles hilli Actinedida Troglophile
Robustocheles occulta Actinedida Troglobiont G2G3
Salmasellus howarthi Isopoda Stygobiont GNR
Sinella cavernarum Entomobryomorpha Troglobiont G5
Speleonychia sengeri Opiliones Troglobiont G1G2
Stygobromus duplus Amphipoda Stygobiont G1G2
Stygobromus elliotti Elliott's Cave Amphipod Amphipoda Stygobiont G1G2
Stygobromus latus Amphipoda Stygobiont G1G3
Stygobromus rallus Narrow Groundwater Amphipod Amphipoda Stygobiont G1G3

About this list

Compiled from published records, museum material, and survey reports, and recorded to 6 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.

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