Stygobromus cooperi, commonly called Cooper's cave amphipod,[1][2] is a troglomorphic species of amphipod in family Crangonyctidae. It is endemic to a single cave, Silers cave in Berkeley County, West Virginia[2][3] in the United States.
Stygobromus cooperi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Family: | Crangonyctidae |
Genus: | Stygobromus |
Species: | S. cooperi
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Binomial name | |
Stygobromus cooperi (Holsinger, 1967)
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References
edit- ^ a b Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Stygobromus cooperi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T20981A9241609. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20981A9241609.en. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
- ^ a b c "Stygobromus cooperi". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ Karst (24 May 2019). "Silers Cave Management Plan". Mid-Atlantic Karst Conservancy. Retrieved 14 February 2023.