Stygobromus lucifugus

Stygobromus lucifugus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Crangonyctidae
Genus: Stygobromus
Species: S. lucifugus
Binomial name
Stygobromus lucifugus
(Hay, 1882)
Synonyms

Crangonyx lucifugus Hay, 1882

Stygobromus lucifugus is an extinct species of amphipod crustacean in the family Crangonyctidae. It was first described by Oliver Perry Hay who found it living in a well near Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois (United States),[2] and it was endemic to that state.[3]

References

  1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Stygobromus lucifugus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/20995. Retrieved May 15, 2010. 
  2. ^ Oliver Perry Hay (1882). "Notes on Some Fresh-water Crustacea, together with Descriptions of Two New Species" (PDF). The American Naturalist 41 (2): 143–146. http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-67/PDFpages/0533.pdf. 
  3. ^ "Rubious Cave amphipod (Stygobromus lucifugus)". Environmental Conservation Online System. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. http://www.fws.gov/ecos/ajax/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=K01D. Retrieved May 15, 2010.