Biology:Deuteraphorura kruberaensis

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Short description: Species of springtail

Deuteraphorura kruberaensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subclass: Collembola
Order: Poduromorpha
Family: Onychiuridae
Genus: Deuteraphorura
Species:
D. kruberaensis
Binomial name
Deuteraphorura kruberaensis
Jordana & Baquero, 2012

Deuteraphorura kruberaensis is a species of springtails belonging to the family Onychiuridae. It is endemic to the Krubera-Voronja cave system in Georgia. It is one of the deepest terrestrial animal ever found on Earth, living at >1,800 metres (5,900 ft) below the cave entrance.[1][2] It was discovered in the CAVEX Team expedition of 2010.

Voronija caves

References

  1. Jordana, R.; Baquero, E.; Reboleira, S.; Sendra, A. (2012), "Reviews of the genera Schaefferia Absolon, 1900, Deuteraphorura Absolon, 1901, Plutomurus Yosii, 1956 and the Anurida Laboulbène, 1865 species group without eyes, with the description of four new species of cave springtails (Collembola) from Krubera-Voronya cave, Arabika Massif, Abkhazia", Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews (Netherlands) 5: 35–85, doi:10.1163/187498312x622430 
  2. Sendra, A.; Reboleira, A. S. P. S. (2012), "The world's deepest subterranean community – Krubera–Voronja Cave (Western Caucasus)", International Journal of Speleology (USA) 42 (2): 221–230, doi:10.5038/1827-806x.41.2.9 

Wikidata ☰ Q4037261 entry