The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Amphipoda

(Scuds, Sandfleas)

CRANGONYCTIDAE

Stygobromus balconis (Hubricht)

Balcones Cave Amphipod

ENDANGERED/IMPERILED or OF CONCERN

 

 Photogallery: 

 

 

Synonyms:  Stygonectes balconis Hubricht
                                           (Chace et al. 1959; Holsinger 1966, 1972; Hubricht 1943; Nicholas 1960; Longley 1975; Reddell  
                                             1965, 1970)

 

 

 

Distribution Citations

1943 Hubricht

[1959 Chace et al.]

1960 Nicholas
1965 Reddell
1966 Holsinger

1970 Reddell
1972 Holsinger
1975 Longley

 

1983 Fitzpatrick
1986 Longley

[2000 Ourso & Hornig]
[2003 TCDC]
[2008 NatureServe]

 

 

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

*Species of Concern (AOBIS 2001); Imperiled (NatureServe 2008, TCDC 2003)

-Endemic To Texas (TCDC 2003)

-restricted to caves (Ourso & Hornig 2000); most specimens in small, shallow pools with an abundance of organic debris and silt (Holsinger 1966)

 

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010


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