Stygobromus albapinus
Stygobromus albapinus, the White Pine amphipod,[2] is a troglomorphic species of amphipod in family Crangonyctidae. It is endemic to White Pine County, Nevada, where it occurs only in two pools in Model Cave in the Great Basin National Park.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Crangonyctidae |
| Genus: | Stygobromus |
| Species: | S. albapinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Stygobromus albapinus Taylor & Holsinger, 2011[1] | |
References
- Taylor, S. & Holsinger, J. (2011). "A new species of the subterranean amphipod crustacean genus Stygobromus (Crangonyctidae) from a cave in Nevada, USA". Subterranean Biology. 8: 39–48. doi:10.3897/subtbiol.8.1230.
- "Endemic Animals - Great Basin National Park". nps.gov. National Park Service.
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