Ammocrypta (Ammocrypta) pellucida (Putnam 1863)

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

Ammocrypta (Ammocrypta) pellucida (Putnam 1863)

Distribution

Muscatatuck NWR: 15

Ecology

The eastern sand darter ( Ammocrypta pellucida ) was collected from one site on the Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River (Table 1). Three individuals were collected from the Vernon Fork over shallow, sandy-riffle habitat.

Conservation

The eastern sand darter was once recognized as state threatened species based on limited presence in the state ( Simon et al. 1992), but has since been removed from threatened status. The eastern sand darter is still considered rare and is susceptible to impacts of habitat degradation ( Simon 1993).