The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Amphipoda

(Scuds, Sandfleas)

CRANGONYCTIDAE

Stygobromus longipes (Holsinger)

Long-Legged Cave Amphipod

ENDANGERED/IMPERILED or OF CONCERN

 

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Synonyms:  Stygonectes longipes Holsinger
                                          (Holsinger 1966, 1972; Reddell 1970)

 

 

 
Distribution Citations

1966 Holsinger

1970 Reddell
1972 Holsinger

1983 Fitzpatrick

[2001 AOBIS]
[2003 TCDC]
[2008 NatureServe]

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

notes:

-New Species as Stygonectes longipes (Holsinger 1966)

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

-Endemic To Texas (TCDC 2003)

-restricted to caves; troglobitic (Reddell 1970)

-some specimens reported as S. flagellatus by Hubricht (1943) may be S. longipes (Holsinger 1966)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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