Niphargobates

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Niphargobates
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Niphargidae
Genus: Niphargobates
Sket, 1981
Species
  • Niphargobates lefkodemonakiSket, 1990
  • Niphargobates orophobataSket, 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]

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References

  1. Cene Fišer; Peter Trontelj & Boris Sket. "Niphargobates lefkodemonaki". Niphargus. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  2. Cene Fišer; Peter Trontelj & Boris Sket. "Niphargobates orophobata". Niphargus. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  3. Sket, B. (1996). "Niphargobates lefkodemonaki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T14794A4460769. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14794A4460769.en .
  4. Sket, B. (1996). "Niphargobates orophobata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T14793A4460738. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14793A4460738.en .