Crangonyx hobbsi
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Crangonyx hobbsi is a species of crustacean
in family Crangonyctidae
. It is endemic to the United States
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Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
in family Crangonyctidae
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, 1939...
. It is endemic to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Source
- Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group 1996. Crangonyx hobbsi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 August 2007.