Stygobromus canadensis

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Stygobromus canadensis
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Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe) [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Crangonyctidae
Genus: Stygobromus
Species:
S. canadensis
Binomial name
Stygobromus canadensis
Holsinger, 1980

Stygobromus canadensis, the Castleguard Cave stygobromid, is a species of amphipod in the Crangonyctidae family and Stygobromus genus. [2] It is endemic to Castleguard Cave in Alberta, Canada. [3] It was first described by John Holsinger in 1980. [4] It is currently listed as critically imperiled by NatureServe. [1]

The presence of this species has led to the cave's designation as a Key Biodiversity Area. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Castleguard Cave Stygobromid". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ↑ WoRMS. "Stygobromus canadensis Holsinger, 1980". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ↑ Gilligan, Melissa (January 31, 2023). "Banff National Park cave creature exists 'no where else': Parks Canada". CTV Calgary.
  4. ↑ Holsinger, J. R. (1980). "Stygobromus canadensis, a new subterranean amphipod crustacean (Crangonyctidae) from Canada, with remarks on Wisconsin refugia". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 58 (2): 290–297. doi:10.1139/z80-034.
  5. ↑ Klein, Peter (January 31, 2023). "A Banff cave is "globally significant" for being home to a unique creature". Daily Hive .
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