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Table 7.  Troglobitic species of the Edwards aquifer in the South-Central Texas study unit, Texas

[From Bowles and Arsuffi (1993); Longley (1986)]



Class
     Order

Genus

          Family


Turbellaria
     Tricladida
          Planariidae Sphalloplana kutscheri
Sphalloplana mohri
Sphalloplana sloani
Sphalloplana zeschi
Ostracoda
     Podocopida
          Cypridopsidae Cypridopsis vidua obesa
          Entocytheridae Sphaeromicola moria
Copepoda
     Harpacticoida
          Cyclopidae Cyclops cavernarum
Cyclops learii
Cyclops varicans rebellus
Crustacea
     Amphipoda
          Artesiidae Artesia subterranea
          Bogidiellidae Parabogidiella americana
          Crangonyctidae Stygobromus balconis
Stygobromus bifurcatus
Stygobromus flagellatus
Stygobromus pecki
Stygobromus russelli
          Hadziidae Allotexiweckelia hirsuta
Texiweckelia insolita
Texiweckelia samacos
Texiweckelia texensis
          Sebidae Seborgia relicta
     Decapoda
          Palaemonidae Palaemonetes antrorum
Palaemonetes holthuisi
     Isopoda
          Asellidae Asellus pilus
Asellus redelli
Lirceolus smithi
          Cirolanidae Cirolanides texensis
     Thermosbaenacea
          Monodellidae Monodella texana
Gastropoda
     Mesogastropoda
          Hydrobiidae Balconorbis uvaldensis
Phreatodrobia conica
Phreatodrobia imitata
Phreatodrobia micra
Phreatodrobia nugax inclinata
Phreatodrobia nugax nugax
Phreatodrobia plana
Phreatodrobia punctata
Phreatodrobia rotunda
Stygopyrgus bartonensus
Insecta (Hexopoda)
     Coleoptera
          Dryopidae Stygoparnus comalensis
          Dytiscidae Hadeoporus texanus
Osteichthyes
     Siluriformes
          Ictaluridae Satan eurystomus
Trogloglanis pattersoni
Amphibia
     Caudata
          Ambystomidae Typhlomolge (Eurycea) rathbuni
Typhlomolge (Eurycea) robusta

 

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