WoRMS taxon details
Niphargus Schiödte, 1849
545672 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:545672)
accepted
Genus
Niphargus stygius (Schiödte, 1847) (type by monotypy)
Carinurella Sket, 1971 · unaccepted
Chaetoniphargus Karaman G.S. & Sket, 2019 · unaccepted
Karamaniella Sket, 1962 · unaccepted
Martynovia Derzhavin, 1945 · unaccepted
Niphargellus Schellenberg, 1938 · unaccepted
Niphargobates Sket, 1981 · unaccepted
Niphargobatoides Karaman G.S., 2016 · unaccepted
Niphargopsis Chevreux, 1922 · unaccepted
Niphargus (Jovaniphargus) S. Karaman, 1960 · unaccepted
Niphargus (Orniphargus) S. Karaman, 1950 · unaccepted
Niphargus (Phaenogammarus) Dudich, 1941 · unaccepted
Niphargus (Stygoniphargus) S. Karaman, 1952 · unaccepted
Niphargus (Supraniphargus) S. Karaman, 1960 · unaccepted
Pontoniphargus Dancau, 1968 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Stygodytes Absolon, 1927 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Species Niphargus anchialinus Delić, Švara, Coleman, Trontelj & Fišer, 2017
- Species Niphargus hebereri Schellenberg, 1933
- Species Niphargus hvarensis S. Karaman, 1952
- Species Niphargus australiensis Chilton, 1923 accepted as Victoriopisa australiensis (Chilton, 1923) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Niphargus chilkensis Chilton, 1921 accepted as Eriopisa chilkensis (Chilton, 1921) accepted as Victoriopisa chilkensis (Chilton, 1921) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Schiödte, J. C. (1849). Specimen faunæ subterraneae: bidrag til den 'underjordiske fauna. <em>Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, ser. 6. Raekke naturvidenskabelig Og. Mathematisk Afdeling.</em> 1-39, pls. 1-4. [details] 
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Niphargus Schiödte, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545672 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Schiödte, J. C. (1849). Specimen faunæ subterraneae: bidrag til den 'underjordiske fauna. <em>Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, ser. 6. Raekke naturvidenskabelig Og. Mathematisk Afdeling.</em> 1-39, pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Stygodytes Absolon, 1927) Absolon, K. (1927). Les grandes amphipodes aveugles dans les grottes Balkaniques. <em>Compte rendu de la 51e Session, Association Francaise pour l'Avancement des Sciences.</em> 51: 291-295.
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original description (of Carinurella Sket, 1971) Sket, B. (1971). Vier Neue Aberrante Niphargus - Arten (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) und Einige Bemerkungen zur Taxonomie der Niphargus - ähnlichen Gruppen. <em>Razprave SAZU, Dissertationes Academia Scientiarum et Artium Slovenica, Classis IV: Historia Naturalis et Medicina.</em> 14, 1-25. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Niphargellus Schellenberg, 1938) Schellenberg, A. (1938). Niphargellus, eine neue subterrane Amphipodengattung an der Ost- und Westgrenze des Reiches. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 122: 245-248. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Niphargobates Sket, 1981) Sket, B. (1981). Niphargobates orophobata n.g., n.sp. (Amphipoda, Gammaridae s.l.) from cave waters in Slovenia. <em>Biološki vestnik.</em> 29(1): 105-118. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Niphargopsis Chevreux, 1922) Chevreux, E. (1922). Sur un nouveau genre d'amphipodes de la faune francaise. <em>Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 28(7), 487-488. [details]
original description (of Pontoniphargus Dancau, 1968) Dancău, D. (1968). Sur un nouvel Amphipode souterrain de Roumanie, Pontoniphargus racovitzai n. g., n. sp. <em>Lucrările Institutului Speologie "Emil Racoviţă".</em> 7: 275-285. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Niphargobatoides Karaman G.S., 2016) Karaman, G. S. (2016). 287. Contribution to the knowledge of the Amphipoda. Two new genera of the family Niphargidae from Greece. <em>The Journal "Agriculture and Forestry".</em> 62(1): 7-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.17707/agricultforest.62.1.01 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Karamaniella Sket, 1962) Sket, B. (1961). Karamaniella pupetta n.g., n.sp., ein neuer Amphipode aus Slovenien. <em>Izdanija, publ. Zavoda za ribarstvo NRM Skopje.</em> 3(2):27-31. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Martynovia Derzhavin, 1945) Derzhavin, A. N. (1945). [The subterranean Amphipoda of Transcaucasus.]. <em>Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan SSR.</em> 8: 27–43. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Niphargus (Orniphargus) S. Karaman, 1950) Karaman, S. (1950). Podrod Orniphargus u Jugoslaviji I. <em>In : O nekim Amfipodima-Izopodima balkana i o njihovoj široj sistematiki. Posebna Izdanja.</em> 163: 119-136. [details]
original description (of Niphargus (Stygoniphargus) S. Karaman, 1952) Karaman, S. (1952). Podrod Stygoniphargus u Sloveniji i Hrvatskoj. <em>Prirodoslovna istraživanja, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Slavorum Meridionalium.</em> 25(1): 5-38. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Chaetoniphargus Karaman G.S. & Sket, 2019) Karaman, G. S.; Sket, B. (2019). New genus and species of the family Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Senticaudata), Chaetoniphargus lubuskensis gen. nov., sp. nov. from Croatia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4545(2): 249., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4545.2.5 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Stygodytes Absolon, 1927) Absolon, K. (1927). Les grandes amphipodes aveugles dans les grottes Balkaniques. <em>Compte rendu de la 51e Session, Association Francaise pour l'Avancement des Sciences.</em> 51: 291-295.
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Carinurella Sket, 1971) Sket, B. (1971). Vier Neue Aberrante Niphargus - Arten (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) und Einige Bemerkungen zur Taxonomie der Niphargus - ähnlichen Gruppen. <em>Razprave SAZU, Dissertationes Academia Scientiarum et Artium Slovenica, Classis IV: Historia Naturalis et Medicina.</em> 14, 1-25. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Niphargellus Schellenberg, 1938) Schellenberg, A. (1938). Niphargellus, eine neue subterrane Amphipodengattung an der Ost- und Westgrenze des Reiches. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 122: 245-248. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Niphargobates Sket, 1981) Sket, B. (1981). Niphargobates orophobata n.g., n.sp. (Amphipoda, Gammaridae s.l.) from cave waters in Slovenia. <em>Biološki vestnik.</em> 29(1): 105-118. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Niphargopsis Chevreux, 1922) Chevreux, E. (1922). Sur un nouveau genre d'amphipodes de la faune francaise. <em>Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 28(7), 487-488. [details]
original description (of Pontoniphargus Dancau, 1968) Dancău, D. (1968). Sur un nouvel Amphipode souterrain de Roumanie, Pontoniphargus racovitzai n. g., n. sp. <em>Lucrările Institutului Speologie "Emil Racoviţă".</em> 7: 275-285. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Niphargobatoides Karaman G.S., 2016) Karaman, G. S. (2016). 287. Contribution to the knowledge of the Amphipoda. Two new genera of the family Niphargidae from Greece. <em>The Journal "Agriculture and Forestry".</em> 62(1): 7-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.17707/agricultforest.62.1.01 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Karamaniella Sket, 1962) Sket, B. (1961). Karamaniella pupetta n.g., n.sp., ein neuer Amphipode aus Slovenien. <em>Izdanija, publ. Zavoda za ribarstvo NRM Skopje.</em> 3(2):27-31. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Martynovia Derzhavin, 1945) Derzhavin, A. N. (1945). [The subterranean Amphipoda of Transcaucasus.]. <em>Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan SSR.</em> 8: 27–43. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Niphargus (Orniphargus) S. Karaman, 1950) Karaman, S. (1950). Podrod Orniphargus u Jugoslaviji I. <em>In : O nekim Amfipodima-Izopodima balkana i o njihovoj široj sistematiki. Posebna Izdanja.</em> 163: 119-136. [details]
original description (of Niphargus (Stygoniphargus) S. Karaman, 1952) Karaman, S. (1952). Podrod Stygoniphargus u Sloveniji i Hrvatskoj. <em>Prirodoslovna istraživanja, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Slavorum Meridionalium.</em> 25(1): 5-38. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Chaetoniphargus Karaman G.S. & Sket, 2019) Karaman, G. S.; Sket, B. (2019). New genus and species of the family Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Senticaudata), Chaetoniphargus lubuskensis gen. nov., sp. nov. from Croatia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4545(2): 249., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4545.2.5 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type (of Chaetoniphargus Karaman G.S. & Sket, 2019) [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Stygodytes Absolon, 1913: 104 (nomen nudum); 1927: 293. ; Antroplotes Absolon, 1916 [not seen] (?nomen nudum). ; Martynovia Derzhavin, 1945b: 33. ; N. (Phaenogammarus) Dudich, 1941d: 72. ; N. (Supraniphargus) S. Karaman, 1950b: 80. ; N. (Orniphargus) S. Karaman, 1950b: 120. ; N. (Stygoniphargus) S. Karaman, 1952a: 5. ; N. (Protoniphargopsis) Sket, 1957a: 485 (no type-species). ; N. (Carpathoniphargus) S. Karaman & G. Karaman, 1959b: 152. ; N. (Jovaniphargus) S. Karaman, 1960b: 77. ; Karamaniella Sket, 1962: 27. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | well shrimps | [details] |
| German | HöhlenkrebseHöhlenflohkrebseBrunnenkrebse | [details] |
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carinurella) (from synonym Carinurella Sket, 1971)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetoniphargus) (from synonym Chaetoniphargus Karaman G.S. & Sket, 2019)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Niphargellus) (from synonym Niphargellus Schellenberg, 1938)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Niphargobates) (from synonym Niphargobates Sket, 1981)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Niphargus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pontoniphargus) (from synonym Pontoniphargus Dancau, 1968)
To Genbank (from synonym Chaetoniphargus Karaman G.S. & Sket, 2019)
To Genbank (from synonym Carinurella Sket, 1971)
To Genbank (from synonym Pontoniphargus Dancau, 1968)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Niphargobates Sket, 1981)
To Genbank (from synonym Niphargellus Schellenberg, 1938)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaetoniphargus) (from synonym Chaetoniphargus Karaman G.S. & Sket, 2019)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Niphargellus) (from synonym Niphargellus Schellenberg, 1938)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Niphargobates) (from synonym Niphargobates Sket, 1981)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Niphargus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pontoniphargus) (from synonym Pontoniphargus Dancau, 1968)
To Genbank (from synonym Chaetoniphargus Karaman G.S. & Sket, 2019)
To Genbank (from synonym Carinurella Sket, 1971)
To Genbank (from synonym Pontoniphargus Dancau, 1968)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Niphargobates Sket, 1981)
To Genbank (from synonym Niphargellus Schellenberg, 1938)
