Amphipoda taxon details
original description
Smith, S. I. (1888). Crangonyx vitreus and C. packardi. pp. 34-36 in A S. Packard, The cave fauna of North America, with remarks on the anatomy of the brain and origin of the blind species. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 4. 1888. page(s): 35, Figs 5-11 [details]
original description
(of Crangonyx gracilis packardi Hubricht, 1943) 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]
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]
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): 129, figs 88-90 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source
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. [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Habitat Hypogean and epigean: caves, pools, seeps, springs [details]
Morphology gracilis group (Zhang & Holsinger 2003; Kornobis et al. 2012) [details]
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Packard cave crangonyctid |
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