Amphipoda taxon details
original description
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): 65, 44-46 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
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]
Holotype USNM 277674, geounit Virginia [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution The range is restricted to the Coastal Plain of southeastern
Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. [details]
Etymology Latin disjunctus means "disunited"; so named because of the disjunct
distribution of this species, which includes populations on opposite sides of the brackish/saline waters of the Chesapeake Bay [details]
Habitat Epigean: ditches, marshes, small streams, swamps, pools, and ponds [details]
Morphology richmondensis group (Zhang & Holsinger 2003; Kornobis et al. 2012) [details]
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