Allocrangonyx
Sign in to savethumb|Allocrangonyx pellucidus (Oklahoma Cave Amphipod) in a cave spring in the Arbuckle mountains of Oklahoma. Allocrangonyx is a genus of troglobitic amphipod crustaceans from the South Central United States. The two species are both listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. The animals are blind and unpigmented. During the male's development, the outer ramus of the third uropod differentiates into secondary segments and grows to a length greater than the animal's body length.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderAmphipoda
- FamilyAllocrangonyctidae
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Allocrangonyctidae
- Image
- Allocrangonyxpelucidus2.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Allocrangonyx
- topic's main category
- Category:Allocrangonyx
- Commons category
- Allocrangonyx
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- ''Allocrangonyx pellucidus''
- ''Allocrangonyx hubrichti''
- References
thumb|Allocrangonyx pellucidus (Oklahoma Cave Amphipod) in a cave spring in the Arbuckle mountains of Oklahoma. Allocrangonyx is a genus of troglobitic amphipod crustaceans from the South Central United States. The two species are both listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. The animals are blind and unpigmented. During the male's development, the outer ramus of the third uropod differentiates into secondary segments and grows to a length greater than the animal's body length.
thumb|left|Allocrangonyx pellucidus lives in springs adjacent to Turner Falls.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Allocrangonyx” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.