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A troglobite (or, formally, troglobiont) 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 (eutroglophiles), and species that are only cave visitors (subtroglophiles and trogloxenes). [1]
Troglobite species are true cave dwellers, occurring exclusively in caves and unable to survive in the open. True troglobites among insects include many Coleoptera, some Stenopelmatidae, Diptera, and Zygentoma. Troglophile species sometimes occur outside the cave habitat but typically complete their life cycle in caves.
Leptodirus hochenwartii is a true troglobite, adapted to subterranean life and unable to survive in the outside environment. As a result, it possesses typical troglobiotic features, such as elongated legs and antennae, the absence of wings, the absence of pigment in the integument, and anophthalmia (absence of eyes).
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[1] [2] This centipede is a troglobite, spending its entire life cycle in a cave environment. This species and Geophilus persephones are the only two troglobites known in the order Geophilomorpha . The species G. hadesi is named after Hades , god of the underworld in Greek mythology and the husband of Persephone , the namesake of the first ...
The first documented mention of a cave organism dates back to 1689, with the documentation of the olm, a cave salamander.Discovered in a cave in Slovenia, in the region of Carniola, it was mistaken for a baby dragon and was recorded by Johann Weikhard von Valvasor in his work The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola.
The species is endemic to granite talus caves in Yosemite National Park in California, United States. [3] The type specimens were found in two caves less than 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) within one the single scree.
This isopod is a troglobite, an organism that spends its entire life in caves. It is roughly 7 millimeters long. It lacks eyes and pigmentation. It is flattened and has seven pairs of appendages. [5] The species name, usdagalun, is from a Cherokee word meaning "cave" or "hole under rock". [3]