Stygobromus mackenziei | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Family: | Crangonyctidae |
Genus: | Stygobromus |
Species: | S. mackenziei
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Binomial name | |
Stygobromus mackenziei Holsinger, 1974
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Stygobromus mackenziei, commonly called Mackenzie's cave amphipod, [1] [2] is a troglomorphic species of amphipod in family Crangonyctidae. It is endemic to California, [2] where it occurs only in Empire Cave. [3] This cave is part of the Porter Caves, in the grounds of University of California, Santa Cruz.