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Niphargus tatrensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Order
  
Amphipoda

Scientific name
  
Niphargus tatrensis

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Malacostraca

Family
  
Niphargidae

Rank
  
Species

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Niphargus tatrensis is a troglobitic species of crustacean in the family Niphargidae, living in the karst waters of Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. It can be found in caves, and also in karst springs and in wells in the karstic areas.

Niphargus tatrensis was discovered in 1887 by August WrzeĊ›niowski in a well in Zakopane and described by him in 1888. The specific epithet comes from the Tatra Mountains.

Subspecies

  • Niphargus tatrensis aggtelekiensis Dudich
  • Niphargus tatrensis hrabei S. Karaman
  • Niphargus tatrensis lunzensis Schellenberg
  • Niphargus tatrensis lurensis Schellenberg
  • Niphargus tatrensis reyersdorfensis Schellenberg
  • Niphargus tatrensis salzburgensis Schellenberg
  • Niphargus tatrensis schneebergensis Schellenberg
  • Niphargus tatrensis tatrensis WrzeĊ›niowski

    • References

    Niphargus tatrensis Wikipedia
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