Stygobromus araeus

Stygobromus araeus, the Tidewater interstitial amphipod,^[1][2] is a phreatobite species of amphipod in family Crangonyctidae. It is native to Virginia and North Carolina^[2] in the United States.

Stygobromus araeus
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Family:	Crangonyctidae
Genus:	Stygobromus
Species:	S. araeus
Binomial name
Stygobromus araeus (Holsinger, 1969)

The main threat to its survival is abstraction of, and pollution to, the groundwater caused by the rapidly expanding urban area of Tidewater, Virginia.^[2]