Biology:Stygobromus araeus

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Short description: Species of crustacean

Stygobromus araeus
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Stygobromus araeus

Vulnerable (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Crangonyctidae
Genus: Stygobromus
Species:
S. araeus
Binomial name
Stygobromus araeus
(Holsinger, 1969)

Stygobromus araeus, the Tidewater interstitial amphipod,[1][2] is a phreatobite species of amphipod in family Crangonyctidae. It is native to Virginia and North Carolina[2] in the United States.

The main threat to its survival is abstraction of, and pollution to, the groundwater caused by the rapidly expanding urban area of Tidewater, Virginia.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10682521 entry