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Niphargidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Senticaudata

Scientific name
  
Niphargidae

Higher classification
  
Gammaridea

Order
  
Amphipoda

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Superfamily
  
Crangonyctoidea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Family

Niphargidae

Lower classifications
  
Niphargus, Niphargus hrabei, Niphargus hadzii, Niphargus sphagnicolus

Niphargidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. Its distribution is in western Eurasia, and its members mainly live in subterranean freshwaters habitats. It contains the following genera:

  • Carinurella Sket, 1971
  • Foroniphargus G. Karaman, 1985
  • Haploginglymus Mateus & Mateus, 1958
  • Microniphargus Schellenberg, 1934
  • Niphargellus Schellenberg, 1938
  • Niphargobates Sket, 1981
  • Niphargopsis Chevreux, 1922
  • Niphargus Schiødte, 1847
  • Pontoniphargus Dancău, 1970
  • References

    Niphargidae Wikipedia