Amphipoda

(Scuds, Sandfleas)

 Photogallery: 

Synonyms:  Crangonyx flagellatus Ulrich
                                           (Benedict 1896 in Holsinger 1966; Holsinger & Longley 1980;Ulrich 1902)
                      Syn: Crangonyx bowersii Ulrich
                                                                 (Ulrich 1902)
                   Eucragonyx flagellatus
                   Stygonectes flagellatus (Benedict)
                                            (Chace et al. 1959; Holsinger 1967 in Mitchell 1966, 1974; Holsinger 1972; Hubricht 1943;
                                               Longley 1975; Mitchell 1974; Nicholas 1960; Reddell 1965, 1970)

1896 Benedict in Holsinger
         1966

1902 Ulrich

1943 Hubricht

[1959 Chace et al.]

1960 Nicholas
1965 Reddell
1966 Holsinger
1967 Holsinger in Mitchell
         1974

[1970 Reddell]
1972 Holsinger
1974 Mitchell
1975 Longley
1978 Karnei
1979 Davis

1980 Holsinger & Longley
1983 Fitzpatrick
1986 Longley

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

notes:

-New Species (Benedict 1896 in Holsinger & Longley 1980)

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

-Endemic To Texas (TCDC 2003)

-very rare (Holsinger 1966)

-restricted to caves (Fitzpatrick 1983; Ourso & Hornig 2000)

-specimens identified as S. flagellatus by Hubricht (1943) from Cascade and Century Caverns in Kendall county are probably a new species (Reddell 1965)