WoRMS taxon details
Crangonyx shoemakeri (Hubricht & Mackin, 1940)
431509 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:431509)
accepted
Species
Eucrangonyx shoemakeri Hubricht & Mackin, 1940 · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Eucrangonyx shoemakeri 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): 198, fig. 6 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 198, fig. 6 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Washington, DC
, Note Cotype specimens from Illinois and Oklahoma...
type locality contained in Washington, DC [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
From editor or global species database
Type material Cotype specimens from Illinois and Oklahoma belong to Crangonyx minor [details]
Distribution Range: from south-central Maryland south and southwest
to south-central Virginia
to south-central Virginia
Distribution Range: from south-central Maryland south and southwest
to south-central Virginia [details]
to south-central Virginia [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 shoemakeri (Hubricht & Mackin, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431509 on 2025-10-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eucrangonyx shoemakeri 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): 198, fig. 6 [details] Available for editors [request]
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.
page(s): 690; note: specimens belong to different species [details]
page(s): 198, fig. 6 [details] Available for editors
[request]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.
page(s): 690; note: specimens belong to different species [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): 8, figs 3-6 [details] Available for editors [request]
status 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]
page(s): 8, figs 3-6 [details] Available for editors
[request]status 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]
Ecology
ecology source
Schwartz, S.S. (1992). Benthic predators and zooplanktonic prey: predation by Crangonyx shoemakeri (Crustacea; Amphipoda) on Daphnia obtusa (Crustacea; Cladocera). <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 237 (1): 25–30.
page(s): 25 [details]
page(s): 25 [details]
Other
additional source
Bousfield, E. L. (1958). Freshwater amphipod crustaceans of glaciated North America. <em>Canadian Field Naturalist.</em> 72: 55-113., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28033329#page/69/mode/1up
page(s): 95 [details]
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 phylogeny [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Culver, D.C. & Pipan, T. (2014). Shallow subterranean habitats : ecology, evolution, and conservation. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 258 pp.
page(s): 32, 33 [details]
additional source Culver, D.C. & T. Pipan. (2009). The Biology of Caves and Other Subterranean Habitats. <em>Oxford University Press,.</em> 254 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198820765.001.0001
page(s): 181 [details]
additional source Holsinger, J. R. (1972). Biota of freshwater ecosystems. Identification manual. The freshwater Amphipod Crustaceans (Gammaridae) of North America. Water Pollution Control Research Series. <em>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.</em> 5: 1-89.
page(s): 31 (key), 47, figs 12a, c, 19 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Holsinger J.R. (1977). A review of the systematics of the holarctic amphipod family Crangonyctidae. Crustaceana, suppl. 4, 244-281; 15 figs.;.
page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Barnard, J.L. & Barnard, C.M. (1983). Freshwater Amphipoda of the World, Part II. Handbook and bibliography. <em>Hayfield Associates, Mt. Vernon, Virginia.</em> xix + 830 pp.; 50 figs.
page(s): 435 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fitzpatrick, J.F. Jr. (1983). How to Know the Freshwater Crustacea. <em>The Pictured Key Nature Series, Wm.C. Brown Company, Dubuque, Iowa.</em> 227 pp.
page(s): 145 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pennak, R.W. (1989). Fresh-water invertebrates of the United States. Protozoa to Mollusca. <em>John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York.</em> 1-628.
page(s): 483 [details]
page(s): 95 [details]
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 phylogeny [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Culver, D.C. & Pipan, T. (2014). Shallow subterranean habitats : ecology, evolution, and conservation. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 258 pp.
page(s): 32, 33 [details]
additional source Culver, D.C. & T. Pipan. (2009). The Biology of Caves and Other Subterranean Habitats. <em>Oxford University Press,.</em> 254 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198820765.001.0001
page(s): 181 [details]
additional source Holsinger, J. R. (1972). Biota of freshwater ecosystems. Identification manual. The freshwater Amphipod Crustaceans (Gammaridae) of North America. Water Pollution Control Research Series. <em>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.</em> 5: 1-89.
page(s): 31 (key), 47, figs 12a, c, 19 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Holsinger J.R. (1977). A review of the systematics of the holarctic amphipod family Crangonyctidae. Crustaceana, suppl. 4, 244-281; 15 figs.;.
page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Barnard, J.L. & Barnard, C.M. (1983). Freshwater Amphipoda of the World, Part II. Handbook and bibliography. <em>Hayfield Associates, Mt. Vernon, Virginia.</em> xix + 830 pp.; 50 figs.
page(s): 435 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fitzpatrick, J.F. Jr. (1983). How to Know the Freshwater Crustacea. <em>The Pictured Key Nature Series, Wm.C. Brown Company, Dubuque, Iowa.</em> 227 pp.
page(s): 145 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pennak, R.W. (1989). Fresh-water invertebrates of the United States. Protozoa to Mollusca. <em>John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York.</em> 1-628.
page(s): 483 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Range: from south-central Maryland south and southwestto south-central Virginia [details]
Environment Hypogean and epigean [details]
Habitat Stygophile: temporary pools and ponds (often with grassy bottoms), springs, small streams, and bogs [details]
Morphology shoemakeri group (Zhang & Holsinger 2003; Kornobis et al. 2012) [details]
Source Not C. shoemakeri in Hubricht (1943: 690), Kenk (1949: 48), Cole (1957: 36, fig. 2f) [details]
Type material Cotype specimens from Illinois and Oklahoma belong to Crangonyx minor [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Shoemaker crangonyctid | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 77799 Crangonyx shoemakeri lateral at 6x photo) (from synonym Eucrangonyx shoemakeri Hubricht & Mackin, 1940)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 77799 Crangonyx shoemakeri lateral head and claw at 12x photo) (from synonym Eucrangonyx shoemakeri Hubricht & Mackin, 1940)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Eucrangonyx shoemakeri Hubricht & Mackin, 1940)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 77799 Crangonyx shoemakeri lateral at 6x photo) (from synonym Eucrangonyx shoemakeri Hubricht & Mackin, 1940)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 77799 Crangonyx shoemakeri lateral head and claw at 12x photo) (from synonym Eucrangonyx shoemakeri Hubricht & Mackin, 1940)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Eucrangonyx shoemakeri Hubricht & Mackin, 1940)
To ITIS
