WoRMS taxon details
Stygobromus mackini Hubricht, 1943
431618 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:431618)
accepted
Species
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2421157 [details]
Type locality contained in Virginia
type locality contained in 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. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Stygobromus mackini Hubricht, 1943. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431618 on 2026-03-10
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Nomenclature
original description
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2421157 [details]
Taxonomy
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2421157 [details]
Other
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3233.1.4
page(s): 58; note: in 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 Cannizzaro, A. G.; Daniels, J. D.; Berg, D. J. (2021). Phylogenetic analyses of a new freshwater amphipod reveal polyphyly within the Holarctic family Crangonyctidae, with revision of the genus <i>Synurella</i>. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 195(4): 1100-1115., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab092
page(s): Fig. 1; note: molecular phylogeny [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 58; note: in 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 Cannizzaro, A. G.; Daniels, J. D.; Berg, D. J. (2021). Phylogenetic analyses of a new freshwater amphipod reveal polyphyly within the Holarctic family Crangonyctidae, with revision of the genus <i>Synurella</i>. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 195(4): 1100-1115., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab092
page(s): Fig. 1; note: molecular phylogeny [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Environment Subterranean/Hypogean [details]Habitat Cavernicolous: small, mud-bottom drip and seep pools, although
a few populations have been found in small streams with gravel or mud substrates [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | southwestern Virginia stygobromid | [details] |