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Crangonyx serratus

(Embody, 1911)

Serrate Crangonyctid

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.815585

Element CodeICMAL06310

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumArthropoda

ClassMalacostraca

OrderAmphipoda

FamilyCrangonyctidae

GenusCrangonyx

Concept Reference

McLaughlin, P. A., D. K. Camp, M. V. Angel, E. L. Bousfield, P. Brunel, R. C. Brusca, D. Cadien, A. C. Cohen, K. Conlan, L. G. Eldredge, D. L. Felder, J. W. Goy, T. Haney, B. Hann, R. W. Heard, E. A. Hendrycks, H. H. Hobbs III, J. R. Holsinger, B. Kensley, D. R. Laubitz, S. E. LeCroy, R. Lemaitre, R. F. Maddocks, J. W. Martin, P. Mikkelsen, E. Nelson, W. A. Newman, R. M. Overstreet, W. J. Poly, W. W. Price, J. W. Reid, A. Robertson, D. C. Rogers, A. Ross, M. Schotte, F. Schram, C. Shih, L. Watling, G. D. F. Wilson, and D. D. Turgeon. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31. 545 pp.

Conservation Status

Review Date2008-03-19

Change Date2008-03-19

Edition Date2008-03-19

Edition AuthorsCordeiro, J.

Range Extent20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences> 300

Rank Reasons

Range extends from Washington, D.C. south along the Coastal Plain to northern Florida (Zhang and Holsinger, 2003).

Range Extent Comments

Range extends from Washington, D.C. south along the Coastal Plain to northern Florida (Zhang and Holsinger, 2003).

Occurrences Comments

Zhang and Holsinger (2003) list Florida (Alachua Co.), Georgia (Burke, Cooke, Charlton Cos.), North Carolina (Bladen, Carteret, Craven, Gates, Halifax, Jones, Moore, Pamlico, Wake, Wayne, Wilson Cos.), South Carolina (Berkeley, Chesterfield, Orangeburg Cos.), Virginia (Caroline, Greensville, Hanover, Wight, Nansemond, Norfolk, Southampton, Sussex, Warwick, York Cos.), Washington D.C.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

It inhabits small bodies of water, including ponds, streams, and drainage ditches (Zhang and Holsinger, 2003).

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN5

Province	Rank	Native
District of Columbia	SNR	Yes
South Carolina	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	SNR	Yes
Virginia	SNR	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Florida	SNR	Yes

Roadless Areas (1)

North Carolina (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Catfish Lake North	Croatan National Forest	11,299

References (2)

McLaughlin, P. A., D. K. Camp, M. V. Angel, E. L. Bousfield, P. Brunel, R. C. Brusca, D. Cadien, A. C. Cohen, K. Conlan, L. G. Eldredge, D. L. Felder, J. W. Goy, T. Haney, B. Hann, R. W. Heard, E. A. Hendrycks, H. H. Hobbs III, J. R. Holsinger, B. Kensley, D. R. Laubitz, S. E. LeCroy, R. Lemaitre, R. F. Maddocks, J. W. Martin, P. Mikkelsen, E. Nelson, W. A. Newman, R. M. Overstreet, W. J. Poly, W. W. Price, J. W. Reid, A. Robertson, D. C. Rogers, A. Ross, M. Schotte, F. Schram, C. Shih, L. Watling, G. D. F. Wilson, and D. D. Turgeon. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31. 545 pp.
Zhang, J., and J. R. Holsinger. 2003. Systematics of the freshwater amphipod genus <i>Crangonyx </i>(Crangonyctidae) in North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir 6:1-274.