Amphipoda taxon details
original description
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): 100, figs 34, 35 [details] Available for editors [request]
status 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. [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 1000066, geounit Washington (State) [details]
Paratype Private, geounit Washington (State) [details]
From editor or global species database
Environment Subterranean/Hypogean [details]
Etymology From the Latin, meaning "broad" in reference to the broad bases of the pereopods, which easily distinguishes this species from most others in the genus Stygobromus [details]
Habitat Stygobiont: springs [details]
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