Niphargidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Amphipoda
Subordo: Gammaridea
Superfamilia: Crangonyctoidea

Familia: Niphargidae
Genera: Carinurella - Chaetoniphargus – Foroniphargus - Haploginglymus - Microniphargus - Niphargellus - Niphargobates - Niphargopsis - Niphargus - Pontoniphargus
Name

Niphargidae Bousfield, 1977

References

Template:Bousfield, 1977

Fišer, C.; Sket, B.; Turjak, M.; Trontelj, P. 2009: Public online databases as a tool of collaborative taxonomy: a case study on subteranean amphipods. Zootaxa, 2095: 47–56. Abstract & excerpt
Fišer, C., Zagmajster, M. & Dethier, M. 2018. Overview of Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in Belgium: distribution, taxonomic notes and conservation issues. Zootaxa 4387(1): 47–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.1.2 Reference page.
Karaman, G.S. & Sket, B. 2019. New genus and species of the family Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Senticaudata), Chaetoniphargus lubuskensis gen. nov., sp. nov. from Croatia. Zootaxa 4545(2): 249–263. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.2.5 Paywall Reference page.

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 (synonym of Niphargus)
Niphargus Schiødte, 1847
Pontoniphargus Dancău, 1970

References

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