Crymostygius

Crymostygius
Crymostygius thingvallensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Gammaridea
Family: Crymostygidae
Kristjánsson & Svavarsson, 2004
Genus: Crymostygius
Kristjánsson & Svavarsson, 2004
Species: C. thingvallensis
Binomial name
Crymostygius thingvallensis
Kristjánsson & Svavarsson, 2004

Crymostygius thingvallensis is a species of subterranean amphipod crustacean, endemic to the area around Þingvallavatn, a lake in southwestern Iceland.[1] The species has no close relatives, and is placed in its own family, Crymostygidae.[1] This distinctness has been confirmed by molecular phylogenetics.[2]

References

External identifiers for Crymostygius thingvallensis
NCBI 910392
WoRMS 431681
Also found in: Wikispecies
  1. ^ a b B. K. Kristjánsson & J. Svavarsson (2004). "Crymostygidae, a new family of subterranean freshwater gammaridean amphipods (Crustacea) recorded from subarctic Europe". Journal of Natural History 38 (15): 1881–1894. doi:10.1080/00222930310001597295. 
  2. ^ Etienne Kornobis, Snæbjörn Pálsson, Dmitry A. Sidorov, John R. Holsinger & Bjarni K. Kristjánsson (2011). "Molecular taxonomy and phylogenetic affinities of two groundwater amphipods, Crangonyx islandicus and Crymostygius thingvallensis, endemic to Iceland". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58 (3): 527–539. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.010. PMID 21195201. 


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