Stygobromus lucifugus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Crangonyctidae |
| Genus: | Stygobromus |
| Species: | †S. lucifugus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Stygobromus lucifugus (Hay, 1882)
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Stygobromus lucifugus, the rubious cave amphipod is an extinct species of amphipod crustacean in the family Crangonyctidae. It was first described by Oliver Perry Hay who found it living in a well near Abingdon, Knox County, Illinois, United States,[2] and it was endemic to that state.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Stygobromus lucifugus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T20995A9242405. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20995A9242405.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Oliver Perry Hay (1882). "Notes on Some Fresh-water Crustacea, together with Descriptions of Two New Species" (PDF). The American Naturalist. 41 (2): 143–146. doi:10.1086/273020. JSTOR 2449126.
- ^ "Dubious Cave Amphipod (Stygobromus lucifugus)". Environmental Conservation Online System. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List extinct species
- Stygobromus
- Freshwater crustaceans of North America
- Extinct animals of the United States
- Extinct invertebrates since 1500
- Extinct crustaceans
- Crustaceans described in 1882
- Taxa named by Oliver Perry Hay
- Endemic fauna of Illinois
- Cave crustaceans
- Endemic crustaceans of the United States
- Amphipod stubs