WoRMS taxon details
Crangonyx forbesi (Hubricht & Mackin, 1940)
431484 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:431484)
accepted
Species
Eucrangonyx forbesi Hubricht & Mackin, 1940 · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Eucrangonyx forbesi Hubricht & Mackin, 1940) 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): 196, fig. 5 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 196, fig. 5 [details] Available for editors

Type locality contained in Missouri
type locality contained in Missouri [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. Crangonyx forbesi (Hubricht & Mackin, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431484 on 2025-10-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eucrangonyx forbesi Hubricht & Mackin, 1940) 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): 196, fig. 5 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference 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]
page(s): 196, fig. 5 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference 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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Zhang, J.; Holsinger, J. R. (2003). Systematics of the freshwater amphipod genus Crangonyx (Crangonyctidae) in North America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, Memoir.</em> 6, 274 pp.
page(s): 86, figs 60-63 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 86, figs 60-63 [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Wang D. & Holsinger J.R. (2001). Systematics of the subterranean amphipod genus Stygobromus (Crangonyctidae) in western North America, with emphasis on species of the hubbsi group. Amphipacifica, 3, 2, pp. 39-147;62 figs.
page(s): 130; note: in phylogenetic analysis [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
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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.
note: in morphological and 18S DNA phylogeny [details] Available for editors
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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
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additional source Graening, G.O., Hoslinger, G.R., Fenolio, D.B., Bergey, E.A. & Vaughn, C.C. (2006). Annotated checklist of the amphipod crustaceans of Oklahoma, with emphasis on groundwater habitats. <em>Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Sciences.</em> 86: 65-74.
page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors
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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): 141; note: Molecular phylogeny: 18S [details] Available for editors
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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 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
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page(s): 130; note: in phylogenetic analysis [details] Available for editors

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

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.
note: in morphological and 18S DNA phylogeny [details] Available for editors

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

additional source Graening, G.O., Hoslinger, G.R., Fenolio, D.B., Bergey, E.A. & Vaughn, C.C. (2006). Annotated checklist of the amphipod crustaceans of Oklahoma, with emphasis on groundwater habitats. <em>Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Sciences.</em> 86: 65-74.
page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors

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): 141; note: Molecular phylogeny: 18S [details] Available for editors

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 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






From editor or global species database
Environment Hypogean and epigean; stygophile [details]Habitat Cave streams and springs, surface streams and ponds. [details]
Morphology forbesi group (Zhang & Holsinger 2003) [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | Forbes crangonyctid | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crangonyx forbesi)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Eucrangonyx forbesi Hubricht & Mackin, 1940)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (23 records)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crangonyx forbesi)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Eucrangonyx forbesi Hubricht & Mackin, 1940)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (23 records)
To ITIS