Stygobromus lucifugus

Stygobromus lucifugus 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]

Stygobromus lucifugus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Amphipoda
Family:
Crangonyctidae
Genus:
Stygobromus
Species:
S. lucifugus
Binomial name
Stygobromus lucifugus
(Hay, 1882)
Synonyms

Crangonyx lucifugus Hay, 1882

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Rubious Cave amphipod (Stygobromus lucifugus)". Environmental Conservation Online System. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved May 15, 2010.


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