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  Family Crangonyctidae

Genus Crangonyx

    Species C. gracilis -- Wisconsin!
    Species C. minor -- Wisconsin!
    Species C. pseudogracilis -- Wisconsin!
    Species C. richmondensis -- Wisconsin!
    Species C. aberrans -- North America.
    Species C. acicularis -- North America.
    Species C. aka -- North America.
    Species C. anomalus -- North America.
    Species C. antennatus -- North America.
    Species C. baculispina -- North America.
    Species C. barri -- North America.
    Species C. bousfieldi -- North America.
    Species C. caecus -- North America.
    Species C. castellanum -- North America.
    Species C. consimilis -- North America.
    Species C. cooperi -- North America.
    Species C. cornutus -- North America.
    Species C. dearolfi -- North America.
    Species C. disjunctus -- North America.
    Species C. floridanus -- North America.
    Species C. fontinalis -- North America.
    Species C. forbesi -- North America.
    Species C. grandimanus -- North America.
    Species C. hobbsi -- North America.
    Species C. hubrichti -- North America.
    Species C. indianensis -- North America.
    Species C. insolitus -- North America.
    Species C. lewisi -- North America.
    Species C. longicarpus -- North America.
    Species C. longidactylus -- North America.
    Species C. montanus -- North America.
    Species C. obliquus -- North America.
    Species C. ohioensis -- North America.
    Species C. orientalis -- North America.
    Species C. packardi -- North America.
    Species C. palustris -- North America.
    Species C. rivularis -- North America.
    Species C. serratus -- North America.
    Species C. setodactylus -- North America.
    Species C. shoemakeri -- North America.
    Species C. specus -- North America.
    Species C. stagnicolous -- North America.
    Species C. alpinus
    Species C. arsenjevi
    Species C. chlebnikovi
    Species C. compactus
    Species C. grandimus
    Species C. islandicus
    Species C. mucronatus
    Species C. occidentalis
    Species C. paxi
    Species C. subterraneus

Taxon Information

The Genus Crangonyx has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Crangonyx, (Lowry & Myers, 2012).
• Crangonyx, "Around 20 described species, many undescribed, widespread; hypogean or epigean" (Covich et al., 2010).
• Crangonyx, 5 eyeless and unpigmented hypoean species in eastern and central states, about 15 eyed and pigmented epigean species throughout the United States (Smith, 2001).
• Crangonyx, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Crangonyx, "Eleven described species, 7 of which have somewhat restricted ranges" (Chace et al., 1959).

Bibliography

• Lowry, J.K. & A.A. Myers. 2012. A phylogeny and classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda). ZooTaxa 3610: 1-80. [Available online]
• Covich, A.P., J.H. Thorp & D.C. Rogers. 2010. Introduction to the Subphylum Crustacea. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 695-723.
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Amphipoda (Scuds, sideswimmers). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 569-584.
• Underhill, J.C., W.D. Schmid & D.E. Gilbertson. 1982. Taxonomic Keys to the Common Animals of the North Central States, exclusive of the parasitic worms, terrestrial insects, and birds, 4th edition. 205 pp.
• Chace, F.A., jr., J.G. Mackin, L. Hubricht, A.H. Banner & H.H. Hobbs, jr. 1959. Malacostraca. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 869-901.

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