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]
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Etymology The species name refers to one of the sampling sites (Hoelloch Styx), but also to the deity Styx and River Styx from Greek mythology. Styx, the goddess of river Styx sided with Zeus during the Titan war, and after the war the deities were bound by the Styx and swore oaths upon Styx. The river Styx forms the boundary between Earth and underworld ruled by Hades. [details]
Habitat Cave species, found in Hoelloch, in a sink below B€ose Wand, in the Drahtsee within the Seengang, in the Seengang near Krebsstollen, in the Riesengang near junction to Spaltenschloss and at Styx (flank of Jochgang). [details]
Holotype Female, 23 mm long, dissected and mounted on slides. Type series is deposited in the Mus?ee cantonal de zoologie de Lausanne. [details]
Type locality Hoelloch, Switzerland. [details]
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