''Stygobromus dejectus'', commonly called Cascade Cave amphipod,
[ is a ]troglomorphic
Troglomorphism is the morphological adaptation of an animal to living in the constant darkness of caves, characterised by features such as loss of pigment, reduced eyesight or blindness, and frequently with attenuated bodies and/or appendages. The ...
species of amphipod in family Crangonyctidae
Crangonyctidae is a family of cave-dwelling freshwater amphipod crustaceans. It contains the following genera:
*'' Amurocrangonyx'' Sidorov & Holsinger, 2007
*'' Bactrurus'' Hay, 1902
*'' Crangonyx'' Bate, 1859
*'' Lyurella'' Derzhavin, ...
. It is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
[ in the United States.
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See also
* Cascade Caverns
Cascade Caverns is a historically, geologically, and biologically important limestone solutional cave south of Boerne, Texas, United States, on 226 Cascade Caverns Road, in Kendall County. It has been commercially operated as a show cave and o ...
References
Freshwater crustaceans of North America
Crustaceans described in 1967
Cave crustaceans
dejectus
Endemic fauna of Texas
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