Observation of a Troglobitic Ophiuroid Endemic in Lighthouse Cave, San Salvador Island, The Bahamas

David A. McKenzie; Justin D. Farrell

Observation of a Troglobitic Ophiuroid Endemic in Lighthouse Cave, San Salvador Island, The Bahamas

David A. McKenzie^1,* and Justin D. Farrell¹

¹Environmental Sciences Division, Faculty of Science and Sport, University of Technology, Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica. ²Department of Environment, PO Box 10202, KY1-1002, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. ³Marine Conservation International and Centre for Marine Biodiversity and Biotechnology, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. ⁴German Oceanographic Museum (DMM), Katharinenberg 14-20, 18439 Stralsund, Germany. *Corresponding author.

Caribbean Naturalist, No. 107 (2026)

Published 14 August 2026

Abstract
We describe the observation of an endemic ophiuroid, Amphicutis stygobita, from Lighthouse Cave on San Salvador Island, The Bahamas. The present observation is only the 3rd record of this species in Lighthouse Cave, and the species is known only from 1 other cave on the island.

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