''Stygobromus harai'', commonly called Hara's 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
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 9,900 amphipod species so far descr ...
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 to Tuolumne County, California[ in the United States.
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References
Freshwater crustaceans of North America
Crustaceans described in 1974
Cave crustaceans
harai
Endemic fauna of California
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