WoRMS taxon details
Stygobromus kenki Holsinger, 1978
431606 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:431606)
accepted
Species
Holsinger J.R. (1978). Systematics of the Subterranean Amphipod Genus Stygobromus (Crangonyctidae), Part II: Species of the Eastern United States. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 266, 1-144. [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Washington, DC
type locality contained in Washington, DC [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. Stygobromus kenki Holsinger, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431606 on 2025-10-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Holsinger J.R. (1978). Systematics of the Subterranean Amphipod Genus Stygobromus (Crangonyctidae), Part II: Species of the Eastern United States. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 266, 1-144. [details] Available for editors [request]
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status source
Holsinger J.R. (1978). Systematics of the Subterranean Amphipod Genus Stygobromus (Crangonyctidae), Part II: Species of the Eastern United States. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 266, 1-144. [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Holsinger, J.R.; Meador Ansell, L.; Shafer, J. (2011). Four new species of the subterranean amphipod genus Stygobromus (Amphipoda: Crangonyctidae) from shallow groundwater habitats on the Coastal Plain and eastern margin of the Piedmont in Maryland and Virginia, USA. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2972: 1–21.
page(s): 20; note: in list of species [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 Palatov, D. M.; Marin, I. N. (2021). When males and females belong to different genera: an interesting case of Synurella/Pontonyx (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Crangonyctidae) co-occurrence. <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 30(4): 443-472., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/arthsel.30.4.03
page(s): Fig. 1; 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]
page(s): 20; note: in list of species [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 Palatov, D. M.; Marin, I. N. (2021). When males and females belong to different genera: an interesting case of Synurella/Pontonyx (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Crangonyctidae) co-occurrence. <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 30(4): 443-472., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/arthsel.30.4.03
page(s): Fig. 1; 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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Environment Subterranean/Hypogean [details]Habitat Groundwater: from wet leaf litter of small spring and a spring-like seep, and a well. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Rock Creek stygobromid | [details] |
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 168830 Stygobromus kenki Holsinger lateral 12x photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 168830 Stygobromus kenki Holsinger lateral head and claw 25x photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 168830)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 168830 Stygobromus kenki Holsinger lateral head and claw 25x photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 168830)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
