Biology:Niphargobates

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Niphargobates
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
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

Wikidata ☰ Q5611119 entry