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Species

Higher Taxonomy

Genus Zenkevitchia

Family Zenkevitchiidae

Order Amphipoda

Class Malacostraca

Subphylum Crustacea

Phylum Arthropoda

Ecological Group

Stygobiont

Distribution

Distr. in Georgia

Abrskili Cave Kveda Shakurani Cave Otapistavi Cave Shua Shakurani Cave Tsebelda Cave Tsebeldis satavis (=Istočnik Tcebel’da) Cave Well Uapatyh (=Uatapachy)

IUCN Red List

None

GRL

None

Protection

There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

GBD Europeana GBIF WoRmS ADW

Species references

Sidorov D.A., Gontcharov A.A., Palatov D.M., Taylor S.J., Semenchenko A.A. 2015. Shedding light on a cryptic cavernicole: A second species of Zenkevitchia Birstein (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Typhlogammaridae) discovered via molecular techniques. Subterranean Biology 15: 37–55. Sidorov, D. A.,Taylor, S. J.,Sharina, S., & Gontcharov, A. 2018. Zenkevitchiidae fam. nov. (Crustacea: Gammaroidea), with description of new subterranean amphipods from extremely deep cave habitats. Journal of Natural History, 52, 1509–1535. Chertoprud, E. S., Palatov, D. M., Borisov, R. R., Marinskyi, V. V., Bizin, M. S.,& Dbar, R. S. (2016): Distribution and a comparative analysis of the aquatic invertebrate fauna in caves of the western Caucasus. Subterranean Biology, 18, 49–70.

Comments

Expert

Dmitry Sidorov

Contact Person

Shalva Barjadze

Citation

Barjadze, Sh., Arabuli, T., Mumladze, L., Maghradze, E., Asanidze, Z., Shavadze, L., Gogshelidze M. 2019. Zenkevitchia yakovi Sidorov, 2015 Cave Biodiversity of Transcaucasia, Open Access Database. Institute of Zoology at Ilia State University. https://cbg.iliauni.edu.ge/en/taxonomy/show/500 Accessed:

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