Vancouver Island has extensive karst and even an endemic cave dipluran, Haplocampa wagnelli. This project collects the troglobiota (or unfortunate lost wanderers) found in VI.

WHAT TO ADD?
Because it is difficult to tell from photos whether the organism is in a cave (often described as a cavity within rock deep enough for a human to fit inside and where sunlight does not penetrate), I am using the term loosely to include caves, proto-caves, grikes, and similar geologic features that house spacious darkness.
All observations of subterranean organisms are permitted. Use your own discretion to add observations to this project (e.g. a healthy photosynthetic plant at the mouth of the cave should not be considered a 'cave organism' but an enterprising Douglas fir seedling that attempts to take root 50 m into a cave can be considered). If you do not think your observation fits within this project, please contact me or remove it.

I appreciate your help in curating this manual project. Long live karst. less ↑