A troglobite is an animal that lives entirely in the dark parts of caves. Such creatures have become specifically adapted for life in total darkness and over time they have evolved to develop improved senses of smell, taste and vibration detection, while losing anatomical features that are superfluous without light, such as functioning eyes and pigmentation. Specific examples include the blind cave fish and cave crickets; there are numerous fish, shrimp, crayfish, and insects with this property. Troglobites are often endemic to a certain site, having adapted to its particular environment and food sources. Animalia redirects here. ... Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico A cave is a natural underground void large enough for a human to enter. ... A human eye. ... In biology, pigment is any material resulting in color in plant or animal cells which is the result of selective absorption. ... Genera Ceuthophilus Macrobaenetes many others Cave crickets also known as Camel crickets or Spider Crickets or even sprickets are orthopteroid insects of the family Rhaphidophoridae which are found in association with caves. ... A giant grouper at the Georgia Aquarium Fish are aquatic vertebrates that are typically cold-blooded; covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. ... Superfamilies Alpheoidea Atyoidea Bresilioidea Campylonotoidea Crangonoidea Galatheacaridoidea Nematocarcinoidea Oplophoroidea Palaemonoidea Pandaloidea Pasiphaeoidea Procaridoidea Processoidea Psalidopodoidea Stylodactyloidea True shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. ... Families Astacoidea Astacidae Cambaridae Parastacoidea Parastacidae Crayfish, often referred to as crawfish or crawdad, are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, to which they are closely related. ... Orders See taxonomy Insects (Class Insecta) are a major group of arthropods and the most diverse group of animals on the Earth, with over a million described species—more than all other animal groups combined. ...
An aquatic troglobite is sometimes called a stygobite.[citation needed]
References
"Flora and Fauna of Caves: Troglobites" at Showcaves.com
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