Niphargidae

Niphargidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Senticaudata
Superfamily: Crangonyctoidea
Family: Niphargidae
Bousfield, 1977[1]

Niphargidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. Its distribution is in western Eurasia, and its members mainly live in subterranean freshwaters habitats.[2] It contains the following genera:[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Horton, T.; Lowry, J. (2014). J. Lowry, eds. "Niphargidae Bousfield, 1977". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Fišer, Cene; Trontelj, Peter; Sket, Boris. "Niphargus home page". Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  3. Fišer, Cene; Trontelj, Peter; Sket, Boris. "Check list". Niphargus. Retrieved September 16, 2010.


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