Kingdom Animalia Class Malacostraca Species C. thingvallensis Rank Genus | Subphylum Crustacea Suborder Gammaridea Phylum Arthropoda Order Amphipoda | |
Family Crymostygidae
Kristjánsson & Svavarsson, 2004 Scientific name Crymostygius thingvallensis Similar Amphipoda, Crangonyx, Crangonyctidae, Stygobromus, Magombera chameleon | ||
Crymostygius thingvallensis is a species of subterranean amphipod crustacean, endemic to the area around Þingvallavatn, a lake in southwestern Iceland. The species has no close relatives, and is placed in its own family, Crymostygidae. This distinctness has been confirmed by molecular phylogenetics.
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