Gammarus pecos

Gammarus pecos
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Family:	Gammaridae
Genus:	Gammarus
Species:	G. pecos
Binomial name
Gammarus pecos Cole & Bousfield, 1970

Gammarus pecos, commonly known as the Pecos amphipod, ^[2] is a species of crustacean in family Gammaridae. It is endemic to Pecos County, Texas in the United States, where it is known from only two locations: Diamond Y Spring (sometimes known as Wilbank Spring) and Leon Creek. ^[1]

Gammarus pecos is classified as a vulnerable species by the IUCN Red List. ^[1] A portion of the spring and cienega habitat inhabited by this species is now protected as part of the Diamond Y Spring Preserve, a nature reserve, owned by the Nature Conservancy. ^[3]

References

1. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Gammarus pecos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T8904A12937683. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T8904A12937683.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (9 July 2013). "Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; determination of endangered species status for six West Texas aquatic invertebrates" (PDF). Federal Register. 78 (131): 41228–41258. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
3. "Diamond Y Spring Preserve". The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved 8 May 2018.