Amphipoda taxon details
original description
Fišer, C., Konec, M., Alther, R., Švara, V., Altermatt, F. (2017). Taxonomic, phylogenetic and ecological diversity of Niphargus (Amphipoda: Crustacea) in the Hölloch cave system. <em>Sytematics and Biodiversity.</em> 15(3): 218-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2016.1249112 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The name is Latin derived from the passage called ’Bad wall’ (in German ’Boese Wand’) in the Hoelloch, which was the hardest part to cross in the beginning of scientific exploration of the cave. [details]
Habitat Cave species found in Hoelloch, sink below Boese Wand and in the Seengang near Krebsstollen. [details]
Holotype Female, 12.5 mm, mounted on slide. Sample
is deposited in the collection of the Mus?ee cantonal de
zoologie de Lausanne [details]
Type locality Hoelloch, Switzerland [details]
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