| Stygobromus araeus | |
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| Stygobromus araeus | |
| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
 Vulnerable (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Crangonyctidae |
| Genus: | Stygobromus |
| Species: | S. araeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Stygobromus araeus (Holsinger, 1969) | |
Stygobromus araeus, the Tidewater interstitial amphipod, is a phreatobite species of amphipod in family Crangonyctidae. It is native to Virginia and North Carolina in the United States.
The main threat to its survival is abstraction of, and pollution to, the groundwater caused by the rapidly expanding urban area of Tidewater, Virginia.
References
- ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Stygobromus araeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T20973A9240768. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20973A9240768.en. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
- ^ "Stygobromus araeus". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
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