Niphargobates

Niphargobates
Niphargobates
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
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

  1. ^ Cene Fišer, Peter Trontelj and Boris Sket. "Niphargobates lefkodemonaki". Niphargus. http://niphargus.info/niphargidae/niphargobates/niphargobates-lefkodemonaki/. Retrieved April 13, 2010. 
  2. ^ Cene Fišer, Peter Trontelj and Boris Sket. "Niphargobates orophobata". Niphargus. http://niphargus.info/niphargidae/niphargobates/niphargobates-orophobata/. Retrieved April 13, 2010. 
  3. ^ Boris Sket (1996). "Niphargobates lefkodemonaki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/14794. Retrieved April 13, 2010. 
  4. ^ Boris Sket (1996). "Niphargobates orophobata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/14793. Retrieved April 13, 2010. 
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