Stygobromus kenki

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Stygobromus kenki
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Status TNC G2.svg
Imperiled  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Crangonyctidae
Genus: Stygobromus
Species:
S. kenki
Binomial name
Stygobromus kenki
(Holsinger, 1978)

Stygobromus kenki is a rare species of amphipod, a crustacean. Its common names include Kenk's amphipod, Rock Creek groundwater amphipod, and Rock Creek stygobromid. [2]

This species lives only in Washington, D.C., the Calvert Formation in Virginia and Montgomery County, Maryland, in the United States. It can be found only in the Potomac River watershed. [3] Its entire range is less than 40 square miles. [1] It has only been found at five sites at springs or seeps in the local waterways. [4]

This species is small, the largest female measuring about 5.5 mm in length and the largest male about 3.7 mm. It can only be identified by microscopic examination, which requires that the specimen be killed; therefore, scientists prefer not to attempt identification of these rare amphipods. [3]

The species lives in and near water in freshwater habitat. It can be found in detritus and sediment along springs and seeps. [1]

The amphipod was first collected in 1967 in Rock Creek Park, [3] where it was discovered by Roman Kenk. J. R. Holsinger then named it after him in 1978. [3] [5]

This species can be found with another endangered amphipod of the same genus, Stygobromus hayi . [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Stygobromus kenki". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  2. Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 USFWS Species Assessment and Listing Priority Assignment Form
  4. USFWS. Kenk's amphipod (Stygobromus kenki) Spotlight Species Action Plan.
  5. Holsinger, J. R. (1978). Systematics of the subterranean amphipod genus Stygobromus (Crangonyctidae), Part II: Species of the eastern United States. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology Number 266.