Niphargidae

Niphargidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. Its distribution is in western Eurasia, and its members mainly live in subterranean freshwaters habitats.[2] It contains the following genera:[1][3]

  • Carinurella Sket, 1971
  • Foroniphargus G. Karaman, 1985
  • Haploginglymus Mateus & Mateus, 1958
  • Microniphargus Schellenberg, 1934
  • Niphargellus Schellenberg, 1938
  • Niphargobates Sket, 1981
  • Niphargopsis Chevreux, 1922
  • Niphargus Schiødte, 1847
  • Pontoniphargus Dancău, 1970

Niphargidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Amphipoda
Suborder:
Senticaudata
Superfamily:
Crangonyctoidea
Family:
Niphargidae

Bousfield, 1977[1]

References
  1. Horton, T., Lowry, J. (2014). Lowry J (ed.). "Niphargidae Bousfield, 1977". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Fišer, Cene; Trontelj, Peter; Sket, Boris. "Niphargus home page". Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  3. Fišer, Cene; Trontelj, Peter; Sket, Boris. "Check list". Niphargus. Retrieved September 16, 2010.


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