Niphargobates

Niphargobates
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Niphargidae
Genus: Niphargobates
Sket, 1981
Species

Niphargobates lefkodemonaki Sket, 1990
Niphargobates orophobata Sket, 1981

Niphargobates is a genus of amphipod crustaceans containing two species from European caves. Niphargobates lefkodemonaki is only known to occur in a cave near Xyloskalo in the Lefka Ori mountains, Crete, Greece.[1] Niphargobates orophobata is only known to occur in caves near Postojna, Slovenia.[2] Both species are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Cene Fišer; Peter Trontelj & Boris Sket. "Niphargobates lefkodemonaki". Niphargus. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  2. ↑ Cene Fišer; Peter Trontelj & Boris Sket. "Niphargobates orophobata". Niphargus. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  3. ↑ Sket, B. (1996). "Niphargobates lefkodemonaki". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T14794A4460769. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14794A4460769.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Sket, B. (1996). "Niphargobates orophobata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T14793A4460738. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14793A4460738.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.


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