Niphargobates
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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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Niphargidae |
| Genus: | Niphargobates Sket, 1981 |
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References
- Cene Fišer; Peter Trontelj & Boris Sket. "Niphargobates lefkodemonaki". Niphargus. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Cene Fišer; Peter Trontelj & Boris Sket. "Niphargobates orophobata". Niphargus. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Sket, B. (1996). "Niphargobates lefkodemonaki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T14794A4460769. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14794A4460769.en.
- Sket, B. (1996). "Niphargobates orophobata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T14793A4460738. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14793A4460738.en.
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