Amphipoda taxon details
original description
Wang D. & Holsinger J.R. (2001). Systematics of the subterranean amphipod genus Stygobromus (Crangonyctidae) in western North America, with emphasis on species of the hubbsi group. Amphipacifica, 3, 2, pp. 39-147;62 figs. page(s): 42, figs. 2, 3 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source
Wang D. & Holsinger J.R. (2001). Systematics of the subterranean amphipod genus Stygobromus (Crangonyctidae) in western North America, with emphasis on species of the hubbsi group. Amphipacifica, 3, 2, pp. 39-147;62 figs. [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM 1000069, geounit Washington (State) [details]
Paratype, geounit Washington (State) [details]
From editor or global species database
Environment Subterranean/hypogean [details]
Etymology From "thin" or "narrow" in reference to the bases of pereopods 5-7, which are relatively narrow in comparison to those of the sympatric S. latus [details]
Habitat Groundwater; springs [details]
Nomenclature In unpublished M.Sc. thesis by Ibrahim Mohammad (1995) at Eastern Washington University named Stygobromus chrissi. [details]
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