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Niphargobates

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Order
  
Amphipoda

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Malacostraca

Family
  
Niphargidae

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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. Niphargobates orophobata is only known to occur in caves near Postojna, Slovenia. Both species are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

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Niphargobates Wikipedia