Synurella dentata Hubricht 1943

Simon, Thomas P., Morris, Charles C., Robb, Joseph R. & McCoy, William, 2015, Biological Diversity, Ecological Health and Condition of Aquatic Assemblages at National Wildlife Refuges in Southern Indiana, USA, Biodiversity Data Journal 3, pp. 4300-4300 : 4300

Synurella dentata Hubricht 1943

Distribution

Patoka River NWR: 22, 27, 29, 41, 64-66, 82, 83

Muscatatuck NWR: 8-11, 13, 19, 20

Big Oaks NWR: 29

The toothed spring amphipod ( Synurella dentata ) was collected by Lewis and Rafail (2002)) from Big Creek from Three Raiders Monument. This species is ubiquitous in springs and some caves.

Ecology

Synurella dentata was a dominant species represented by a 16% occurrence and is considered to have a wide habitat tolerance. The toothed spring amphipod ( Synurella dentata ) is a cave spring species associated with karst habitats ( Lewis and Rafail 2002).

Conservation

The toothed spring amphipod has a species conservation rank of S4/G5.