Crangonyx hobbsi

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Crangonyx hobbsi
Crangonyx hobbsi imported from iNaturalist photo 37229149 on 14 January 2020.png
Status TNC G2.svg
Imperiled  (NatureServe) [2]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Crangonyctidae
Genus: Crangonyx
Species:
C. hobbsi
Binomial name
Crangonyx hobbsi
Shoemaker, 1941

Crangonyx hobbsi is a species of troglobitic amphipod in the family Crangonyctidae. It is only known from its type locality, which is "a well, 50 feet deep, 1.5 miles northeast of Chiefland, Levy Co., Florida". [3] It is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Crangonyx hobbsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T5472A11192603. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T5472A11192603.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. NatureServe. "Crangonyx hobbsi". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  3. G. Nicholas (1960). "Checklist of macroscopic troglobitic organisms of the United States". American Midland Naturalist . 64 (1): 123–160. JSTOR   2422897.