List of troglobites
A troglobite is an animal species, or population of a species, strictly bound to underground habitats, such as caves. These are separate from species that mainly live in above-ground habitats but are also able to live underground, and species that are only cave visitors. Land-dwelling troglobites may be referred to as troglofauna, while aquatic species may be called stygofauna, although for these animals the term stygobite is preferable.
Troglobites typically have evolutionary adaptations to cave life. Examples of such adaptations include slow metabolism, reduced energy consumption, better food usage efficiency, decrease or loss of eyesight, and depigmentation. Conversely, as opposed to lost or reduced functions, many species have evolved elongated antenna and locomotory appendages, in order to better move around and respond to environmental stimuli. These structures are also full of chemical, tactile, and humidity receptors. Troglobites commonly do not survive well outside caves and therefore cannot travel between separate cave systems. As a result, many troglobiotic species are endemic to a single cave or system of caves.
Not all cave dwelling species are considered to be troglobites. An animal found in an underground environment may be a troglophile or a trogloxene.
Flatworms
- ''Hausera hauseri''
Mollusca
Bivalvia
- Congeria jalzici
- Congeria kusceri
- Congeria mualomerovici
- ''Eupera troglobia''
Gastropoda
- Foushee Cavesnail
- Angustopila psammion
- Tumbling Creek cavesnail
- Manitou cavesnail
- Cecilioides
- Phantom cave snail
- Peck's cave snail
- Maitai Cave snail
- Laoennea renouardi
- Neritilia mimotoi
- Mimic cavesnail
- Cave physa
- Pisulina maxima
- Tashan cave snail
- ''Zospeum tholussum''
Velvet worms
- White cave velvet worm
- ''Speleoperipatus spelaeus''
Arthropoda
Arachnida
- Acontius stercoricola
- Adelocosa anops – Kauaʻi cave wolf spider
- Anapistula
- Apneumonella
- Agraecina cristiani – Movile cave spider
- Anopsolobus subterraneus
- Aops oncodactylus – Barrow Island cave scorpion
- Apochthonius mysterius – Mystery cave pseudoscorpion
- Apochthonius typhlus – Stone County cave pseudoscorpion
- Baiami
- Calicina cloughensis
- Charinus spelaeus
- Chinquipellobunus madlae
- Chthonius
- Cicurina madla – Madla Cave meshweaver
- Cybaeus
- Cybaeozyga heterops
- Cycloctenus
- Desognanops humphreysi
- Dysderoides
- Gamasomorpha
- Herpyllus
- Hesperochernes occidentalis – guano pseudoscorpion
- Hexathele cavernicola
- Hickmania troglodytes
- Hongkongia
- Lycosa howarthi
- Lygromma sp.
- Hormurus polisorum – Christmas Island cave scorpion
- Maymena
- Mesostalita nocturna
- Mimetus strinatii
- Mundochthonius cavernicolus – cavernicolous pseudoscorpion
- Neobisium maritimum
- Nukuhiva adamsoni
- Olin platnicki
- Ossinissa justoi
- Parobisium yosemite – Yosemite cave pseudoscorpion
- Phanetta subterranea
- Phanotea
- Phyxelida makapanensis
- Porrhomma cavernicola – cavernicolous Porrhomma spider
- Porrhomma rosenhaueri
- Sinopoda scurion – Eyeless huntsman spider
- Spelocteniza ashmolei
- Spelungula cavernicola – Nelson cave spider
- Stalita taenaria
- Stiphidion
- Tartarus
- Telema
- Telemofila
- Tengella
- Texella reddelli
- Titanobochica magna – cave pseudoscorpion
- Toxopsiella
- Trichopelma
- Troglodiplura beirutpakbarai
- Troglodiplura challeni
- Troglodiplura harrisi
- Troglodiplura lowryi
- Troglodiplura samankunani
- Troglokhammouanus steineri – Xe Bang Fai cave scorpion
- Trogloneta
- Trogloraptor marchingtoni
- Troglothele
- Usofila
- Vietbocap lao – Nam Lot cave scorpion
- ''Wanops coecus''
Myriapoda
- Causeyella species
- Chaetaspis aleyorum – Aleys' cave millipede
- Chersoiulus sphinx
- Desmoxytes
- Mammamia profuga
- Polydesmus subterraneus
- Sinocallipus
- Tetracion
- Tingupa pallida
- Titanophyllum spiliarum
- Trichopetalum whitei
- Zosteractis interminata
- Cryptops speleorex
- Eupolybothrus cavernicolus
- Scolopocryptops troglocaudatus
- Geophilus hadesi
- Geophilus persephones
- ''Hanseniella magna''
Crustacea
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- Allocrangonyx hubrichti – Hubricht's long-tailed amphipod
- Alpioniscus strasseri
- Andhracoides gebaueri– Belum cave isopod
- Andhracoides shabuddin– Guthikonda cave isopod
- Androniscus dentiger – rosy woodlouse
- Bactrurus brachycaudus – short-tailed groundwater amphipod
- Bactrurus hubrichti – sword-tail cave amphipod
- Bactrurus pseudomucronatus – false sword-tailed cave amphipod
- Barburia yanezi
- Caecidotea antricola – cave isopod
- Caecidotea dimorpha – Missouri cave isopod
- Caecidotea fustis – Fustis cave isopod
- Caecidotea salemensis – Salem cave isopod
- Caecidotea serrata – serrated cave isopod
- Caecidotea stiladactyla – slender-fingered cave isopod
- Caecidotea stygia – stygian cave isopod
- Cancrocaeca
- Cerberusa
- Chaceus caecus
- Cyclops vernalis
- Diacyclops yeatmani – Yeatman's groundwater copepod
- Diyutamon cereum
- Gammarus acherondytes – Illinois cave amphipod
- Holoped amazonicum
- Lirceus usdagalun – Lee County cave isopod
- Macromaxillocaris
- Munidopsis polymorpha – Blind albino cave crab
- Niphargus species
- Orcovita hickski
- Orcovita orchardorum
- Palaemonias alabamae – Alabama cave shrimp
- Palaemonias ganteri – Kentucky cave shrimp
- Phasmon typhlops
- Samarplax principe
- Spelaeorchestia koloana
- Speocirolana
- Stygiocaris
- Stygobromus barri – Barr's cave amphipod
- Stygobromus clantoni – Clanton's cave amphipod
- Stygobromus heteropodus – Pickle Springs amphipod
- Stygobromus onondagaensis – Onondaga cave amphipod
- Stygobromus ozarkensis – Ozark cave amphipod
- Stygobromus parvus – minute cave amphipod
- Stygobromus subtilis – subtle cave amphipod
- Teretamon spelaeum
- Troglocaris
- Typhlatya
- Typhlocaris
- Typhlocirolana
- Typhlopseudothelphusa
- Villalobosius lopezformenti
- Yucatalana
Insecta
Fish
- List of cave fish
Amphibians
- Cave salamanders
Mammals
Echinodermata
- Asterinides sp.
- Copidaster cavernicola – Cozumel's cave sea star
- ''Ophionereis commutabilis''
Porifera
- Eunapius subterraneus
- ''Racekiela cavernicola''
Annelida
- Erpobdella borisi
- Erpobdella mestrovi
- Haemopis caeca
- ''Marifugia cavatica''
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