Niphargus

Niphargus is by far the largest genus of its family, the Niphargidae, and the largest of all freshwater amphipod genera.

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Usually, these animals inhabit caves or groundwater. They occur mainly in western Eurasia, in regions that were not covered by the Pleistocene ice sheets. Some are found southwestwards of this range; on the other hand this genus is largely missing from Iberia. In their main range – the central Mediterranean region through Central and Eastern Europe to the Ukraine – they are among the most significant organisms inhabiting the groundwater.

The genus Niphargus contains the following species: