Biology:Niphargus tatrensis

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Short description: Species of crustacean

Niphargus tatrensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Niphargidae
Genus: Niphargus
Species:
N. tatrensis
Binomial name
Niphargus tatrensis
Wrześniowski, 1888

Niphargus tatrensis is a troglobitic species of crustacean in the family Niphargidae, living in the karst waters of Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland , and Slovakia. It can be found in caves, and also in karst springs and in wells in the karstic areas.

Niphargus tatrensis was discovered in 1887 by August Wrześniowski in a well in Zakopane and described by him in 1888. The specific epithet comes from the Tatra Mountains.

Subspecies

  • Niphargus tatrensis aggtelekiensis Dudich
  • Niphargus tatrensis hrabei S. Karaman
  • Niphargus tatrensis lunzensis Schellenberg
  • Niphargus tatrensis lurensis Schellenberg
  • Niphargus tatrensis reyersdorfensis Schellenberg
  • Niphargus tatrensis salzburgensis Schellenberg
  • Niphargus tatrensis schneebergensis Schellenberg
  • Niphargus tatrensis tatrensis Wrześniowski

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7039460 entry