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 The species epithet is derived from ecological characteristics of water at the type locality. Cave Šipun is an anchialine cave, where marine water mixes with freshwater. [details]
Type locality Šipun špilja, Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Croatia (wgs84 = 42.58365 °N, 18.21799 °E) [details]
Type material Holotype. Specimen voucher no. NB476
Paratypes. Specimen vouchers no. NB164, NB201, NB510
Collection of the Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana [details]
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