Stygobromus pizzinii

Stygobromus pizzinii

Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Crangonyctidae
Genus: Stygobromus
Species:
S. pizzinii
Binomial name
Stygobromus pizzinii
(Shoemaker, 1938)
Synonyms
  • Stygonectes pizzinii (Shoemaker, 1938)

Stygobromus pizzinii, commonly called Pizzini's cave amphipod, is a troglomorphic species of amphipod in the family Crangonyctidae. It is found in the eastern United States where it is native to the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia.