WoRMS taxon details
Bactrurus mucronatus (Forbes, 1876)
431458 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:431458)
accepted
Species
Bacturus mucronautus (Forbes, 1876) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (lapsus calami and combination...)
lapsus calami and combination with misspelled generic name
Crangonyx mucronatus Forbes, 1876 · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Eucrangonyx mucronatus (Forbes, 1876) · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Crangonyx mucronatus Forbes, 1876) Forbes, S.A. (1876). List of Illinois Crustacea, with descriptions of new species. <em>Bulletin of the Illinois Museum of Natural History.</em> 1: 3-5,24-25., available online at https://archive.org/details/cbarchive_120833_listofillinoiscrustaceawithdes1876/page/n2
page(s): 6, 21, figs. 1-7 [details]
page(s): 6, 21, figs. 1-7 [details]
Neotype USNM 81546 , Note USA: Illinois, Champaign County, old well...
Neotype USNM 81546 [details]
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Type locality USA: Illinois, Champaign County, old well (neotype). See type locality for Crangonyx murconatus Forbes, 1876, which is different [details]
Distribution Former glaciated areas of the United States Central Lowland. The most widespread species of the genus
Distribution Former glaciated areas of the United States Central Lowland. The most widespread species of the genus [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Bactrurus mucronatus (Forbes, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431458 on 2025-10-13
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Nomenclature
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(of Crangonyx mucronatus Forbes, 1876) Forbes, S.A. (1876). List of Illinois Crustacea, with descriptions of new species. <em>Bulletin of the Illinois Museum of Natural History.</em> 1: 3-5,24-25., available online at https://archive.org/details/cbarchive_120833_listofillinoiscrustaceawithdes1876/page/n2
page(s): 6, 21, figs. 1-7 [details]
new combination reference Hay, W. P. (1902). Observations on the crustacean fauna of Nickajack Cave, Tennessee, and vicinity. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 25: 417-439.
page(s): 430 [details]
page(s): 6, 21, figs. 1-7 [details]
new combination reference Hay, W. P. (1902). Observations on the crustacean fauna of Nickajack Cave, Tennessee, and vicinity. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 25: 417-439.
page(s): 430 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Barnard, J.L. (1958). Index to the families, genera and species of the gammaridean Amphipoda (Crustacea). <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Publications, Occasional Paper.</em> 19: 1-145.
page(s): 44 [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Hubricht, L. (1943). Studies on the Nearctic freshwater Amphipoda, III. Notes on the freshwater Amphipoda of eastern United States, with description of ten new species. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> 29(3), 683-712. [details]
redescription Shoemaker, C. R. (1945). Notes on the amphipod genus Bactrurus Hay, with description of a new species. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 35(1): 24-27.
page(s): 24, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Koenemann S. & Holsinger J.R. (2001). Systematics of the North American subterranean amphipod genus Bactrurus (Crangonyctidae). Beaufortia, 51, 1, pp. 1-56;29 figs.
page(s): 17, figs 9-13 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Hubricht, L.; Mackin, J. G.;. (1940). Description of nine new species of fresh-water amphipod crustaceans with notes and new localities for other species. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> 23, 187-218.
page(s): 200; note: from Crangonyx mucronatus [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 44 [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Hubricht, L. (1943). Studies on the Nearctic freshwater Amphipoda, III. Notes on the freshwater Amphipoda of eastern United States, with description of ten new species. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> 29(3), 683-712. [details]
redescription Shoemaker, C. R. (1945). Notes on the amphipod genus Bactrurus Hay, with description of a new species. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 35(1): 24-27.
page(s): 24, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Koenemann S. & Holsinger J.R. (2001). Systematics of the North American subterranean amphipod genus Bactrurus (Crangonyctidae). Beaufortia, 51, 1, pp. 1-56;29 figs.
page(s): 17, figs 9-13 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Hubricht, L.; Mackin, J. G.;. (1940). Description of nine new species of fresh-water amphipod crustaceans with notes and new localities for other species. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> 23, 187-218.
page(s): 200; note: from Crangonyx mucronatus [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Englisch, U.; Coleman, C.O.; Wagele, J.W. (2003). First observations on the phylogeny of the families Gammaridae, Crangonyctidae, Melitidae, Niphargidae, Megaluropidae and Oedicerotidae (Amphipoda, Crustacea), using small subunit rDNA gene sequences. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 37(20): 2461-2486.
page(s): 2464, table 1; note: 18S gene [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kornobis, E., Pálsson, S. & Svavarsson, J. (2012). Classification of Crangonyx islandicus (Amphipoda, Crangonyctidae) based on morphological characters and comparison with molecular phylogenies. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3233: 52-66.
page(s): 58; note: in 18S DNA phylogeny [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kornobis, E.; Pálsson, S.; Sidorov, D. A.; Holsinger, J. R.; Kristjánsson, B. K. (2011). Molecular taxonomy and phylogenetic affinities of two groundwater amphipods, Crangonyx islandicus and Crymostygius thingvallensis, endemic to Iceland. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 58(3): 527-539., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.010
note: mtDNA COI, 16S, nDNA 18S, 28S [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Englisch, U. & Koenemann, S. (2001). Preliminary phylogenetic analysis of selected subterranean amphipod crustaceans, using small subunit rDNA gene sequence. <em>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution.</em> 1: 139 - 145.
page(s): 139, fig. 3a; note: Molecular phylogeny: 18S; and distribution [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Copilaş-Ciocianu, D., Sidorov, D. & Gontcharov, A. (2019). Adrift across tectonic plates: Molecular phylogenetics supports the ancient Laurasian origin of old limnic crangonyctid amphipods. <em>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution.</em> 19: 191-207., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13127-019-00401-7
page(s): Fig. 2, 3; note: molecular phylogeny [details]
additional source Palatov, D. M.; Marin, I. N. (2020). A new genus of the family Crangonyctidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from the Palaearctic, with descriptions of two new species from the foothills of the Altai mountains. <em>Зоологический журнал.</em> 99(10): 1160-1186., available online at https://doi.org/10.31857/s004451342010013x
page(s): Fig. 17; note: molecular phylogeny [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Copilaş-Ciocianu, D.; Prokin, A.; Esin, E.; Shkil, F.; Zlenko, D.; Markevich, G.; Sidorov, D. (2024). The subarctic ancient Lake El'gygytgyn harbours the world's northernmost 'limnostygon communityʼ and reshuffles crangonyctoid systematics (Crustacea, Amphipoda). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 38(12)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is24001
page(s): Fig.2; note: molecular phylogeny [details] Available for editors [request]
subsequent type designation Koenemann S. & Holsinger J.R. (2001). Systematics of the North American subterranean amphipod genus Bactrurus (Crangonyctidae). Beaufortia, 51, 1, pp. 1-56;29 figs.
page(s): 17; note: Neotype [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 2464, table 1; note: 18S gene [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kornobis, E., Pálsson, S. & Svavarsson, J. (2012). Classification of Crangonyx islandicus (Amphipoda, Crangonyctidae) based on morphological characters and comparison with molecular phylogenies. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3233: 52-66.
page(s): 58; note: in 18S DNA phylogeny [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kornobis, E.; Pálsson, S.; Sidorov, D. A.; Holsinger, J. R.; Kristjánsson, B. K. (2011). Molecular taxonomy and phylogenetic affinities of two groundwater amphipods, Crangonyx islandicus and Crymostygius thingvallensis, endemic to Iceland. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 58(3): 527-539., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.010
note: mtDNA COI, 16S, nDNA 18S, 28S [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Englisch, U. & Koenemann, S. (2001). Preliminary phylogenetic analysis of selected subterranean amphipod crustaceans, using small subunit rDNA gene sequence. <em>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution.</em> 1: 139 - 145.
page(s): 139, fig. 3a; note: Molecular phylogeny: 18S; and distribution [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Copilaş-Ciocianu, D., Sidorov, D. & Gontcharov, A. (2019). Adrift across tectonic plates: Molecular phylogenetics supports the ancient Laurasian origin of old limnic crangonyctid amphipods. <em>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution.</em> 19: 191-207., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13127-019-00401-7
page(s): Fig. 2, 3; note: molecular phylogeny [details]
additional source Palatov, D. M.; Marin, I. N. (2020). A new genus of the family Crangonyctidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from the Palaearctic, with descriptions of two new species from the foothills of the Altai mountains. <em>Зоологический журнал.</em> 99(10): 1160-1186., available online at https://doi.org/10.31857/s004451342010013x
page(s): Fig. 17; note: molecular phylogeny [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Copilaş-Ciocianu, D.; Prokin, A.; Esin, E.; Shkil, F.; Zlenko, D.; Markevich, G.; Sidorov, D. (2024). The subarctic ancient Lake El'gygytgyn harbours the world's northernmost 'limnostygon communityʼ and reshuffles crangonyctoid systematics (Crustacea, Amphipoda). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 38(12)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is24001
page(s): Fig.2; note: molecular phylogeny [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Koenemann S. & Holsinger J.R. (2001). Systematics of the North American subterranean amphipod genus Bactrurus (Crangonyctidae). Beaufortia, 51, 1, pp. 1-56;29 figs.
page(s): 17; note: Neotype [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype USNM 81546 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Former glaciated areas of the United States Central Lowland. The most widespread species of the genus [details]Environment Hypogean [details]
Habitat Stygobiont. Exclusively in non-karst habitats (unlike other Bactrurus) [details]
Type locality USA: Illinois, Champaign County, old well (neotype). See type locality for Crangonyx murconatus Forbes, 1876, which is different [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | mucronate bactrurid | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bactrurus mucronatus)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (STA 2078610)
To NMNH Extant Collection (STA 2078610)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Crangonyx mucronatus Forbes, 1876)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Eucrangonyx mucronatus (Forbes, 1876))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (52 records)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bactrurus mucronatus)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (STA 2078610)
To NMNH Extant Collection (STA 2078610)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Crangonyx mucronatus Forbes, 1876)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Eucrangonyx mucronatus (Forbes, 1876))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (52 records)
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