Niphargobates

Niphargobates
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Niphargidae
Genus: Niphargobates
Sket, 1981
Species

Niphargobates lefkodemonaki Sket, 1990
Niphargobates orophobata Sket, 1981

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.[1] Niphargobates orophobata is only known to occur in caves near Postojna, Slovenia.[2] Both species are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.[3][4]

References

  1. Cene Fišer, Peter Trontelj and Boris Sket. "Niphargobates lefkodemonaki". Niphargus. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  2. Cene Fišer, Peter Trontelj and Boris Sket. "Niphargobates orophobata". Niphargus. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  3. Boris Sket (1996). "Niphargobates lefkodemonaki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  4. Boris Sket (1996). "Niphargobates orophobata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 13, 2010.