Amphipoda taxon details
original description
Delić, T.; Švara, V.; Coleman, C. O.; Trontelj, P.; Fišer, C. (2017). The giant cryptic amphipod species of the subterranean genus Niphargus (Crustacea, Amphipoda). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12252 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Ecology Subterranean. [details]
Etymology In Greek mythology Alpheus was a river god and a river, a passionate hunter, who fell in love with nymph Arethusa. Arethusa fled from him to the island Ortygia near Syracuse (Sicily) and metamorphosed herself into a well. Alpheus as a river flow under the sea to Ortygia, where he united his waters with those of Arethusa. [details]
Type locality Spring near bridge, Jadriščica, Punta Križa, Cres, Croatia (wgs84 = 44.62518 °N, 14.49414 °E) [details]
Type material Holotype. Specimen voucher no. NB169
Paratypes. Specimen vouchers no. NB445, NB459, NB460, NB514
Collection of the Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana [details]
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