Ingolfiella longipes
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Ingolfiella longipes is a species of amphipod crustacean
in the family Ingolfiellidae. It is known from a single specimen held at the Zoological Museum Amsterdam (part of the Universiteit van Amsterdam) collected from an anchialine cave
in Bermuda
, and is thus considered to be critically endangered
.
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
in the family Ingolfiellidae. It is known from a single specimen held at the Zoological Museum Amsterdam (part of the Universiteit van Amsterdam) collected from an anchialine cave
Anchialine pool
An anchialine pool or pond is a landlocked body with a subterranean connection to the ocean. Anchialine pools are a feature of coastal aquifers which are density stratified, with the water near the surface being fresh or brackish, and saline water intruding from the coast below at some depth...
in Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
, and is thus considered to be critically endangered
Critically endangered
Version 2010.3 of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 3744 Critically Endangered species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and subpopulations.Critically Endangered by kingdom:*1993 Animalia*2 Fungi*1745 Plantae*4 Protista-References:...
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