Spelaeorchestia koloana

Spelaeorchestia koloana

Taxobox | name = "Kaua`i cave amphipod "
status = EN | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Amphipoda
familia =
genus = "Spelaeorchestia"
species = "S. koloana"
binomial = "Spelaeorchestia koloana"
binomial_authority = Bousfield & Howarth, 1976

"Spelaeorchestia koloana", the Kaua`i cave amphipod or Kaua`i cave sandhopper, is a cave-dwelling crustacean only found on the Hawaiian island of Kaua`i. It is eyeless, measures 7–10 mm long. It is only known from five populations, and eats decaying plant matter and other decomposing material.

The Kaua`i cave amphipod is endemic to the caves on Kaua`i, Hawaii. Its main predator is the Kaua'i cave wolf spider "Adelocosa anops", another local of the Kaua'i cave. Both of these species are classified as endangered by the IUCN.

References

*cite web |url=http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/life_histories/K022.html |title=Kauai cave amphipod "Spelaeorchestia koloana" |publisher=U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service |date=2002-02-11


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