''Crangonyx grandimanus'' is a species of

crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...

in family

Crangonyctidae Crangonyctidae is a family of cave-dwelling freshwater amphipod crustaceans. It contains the following genera: *'' Amurocrangonyx'' Sidorov & Holsinger, 2007 *'' Bactrurus'' Hay, 1902 *''Crangonyx ''Crangonyx'' is a genus of crusta ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

References

Crustaceans of the United States Gammaridea Crustaceans described in 1963 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Amphipod-stub