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Class DIPLOPODA 

 Family Cambalidae 



Cambala annulata (Say) (troglophile). Jackson County: Gerard's 

 Cave, Indian Cave, Judges Cave, Miller's Cave, Milton's Cave (Peck 

 1970). 



Class CHILOPODA 

 ' Family Lithiobiidae 



Lithobius atkinsoni Bollman (troglophile). Jackson County: Gerard's 

 Cave, Milton's Cave (Peck 1970). 



Other Invertebrates. P. Heinerth (personal communication) 

 found sponges on divers' guide lines that extended into Black Hole, 

 Pasco County. This cave lies in a tidal marsh near the Gulf of Mexico. 

 The water in the sink is usually heavily stained by tannins, which 

 accounts for the cave's name. In addition, colonies of freshwater 

 colonial cnidarians, Cordylophora lacustris, and several types of 

 zooplankton were reported from Little River Spring Cave in Suwannee 

 County (Streever 1993). 



Phylum CHORDATA 



Class OSTEICHTHYES 



Family Anguillidae 



Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur), American Eel (trogloxene). Holmes 

 County: Vortex Blue Spring (Helfman 1986). Jackson County: Gerard's 

 Cave (Pylka and Warren 1958, DSL), Hole-in-the-Wall (TM), Jackson 

 Blue Spring (TM), Milton's Well Cave (DSL), Twin Cave (PS, TM). 

 Leon County: Bird Sink (TM), Gopher Sink (Hobbs and Means 1972), 

 Little Dismal (TM), Munson Slough Blue (TM), Sullivan's Sink (TM). 

 Madison County: Thunderhole (TM). Marion County: Silver Glen Spring 

 (Hobbs and Franz 1992). Suwannee County: Bonnett Spring (TM), Charles 

 Spring (TM). Wakulla County: Wakulla Springs (TM). 



Family Aphredoderidae 

 Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams), Pirate Perch (trogloxene). Jackson 

 County: Ellis Cave (Brockman and Bortone 1977). Suwannee County: 

 Irvine Slough Spring (TM), Orange Grove Sink (TM), Peacock Springs 

 (TM). REMARKS: This fish has been seen up 200 m inside the cave at 

 Peacock Springs and 16 m inside Irvine Slough Cave (TM). 



