Stygobromus hubbsi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Family: | Crangonyctidae |
Genus: | Stygobromus |
Species: | S. hubbsi
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Binomial name | |
Stygobromus hubbsi Shoemaker, 1942
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Stygobromus hubbsi, commonly called Malheur Cave amphipod,[1][2] is a troglomorphic species of amphipod in family Crangonyctidae. It is endemic to Oregon[2] in the United States. It is only found in Malheur Cave, which is a 3,000 ft (910 m) long lava tube.