Zenkevitchia yakovi Sidorov, 2015
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- Higher Taxonomy
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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
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- None
- Protection
- There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
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- 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; Borisov, R. R., Chertoprud, E. S., Palatov, D. M., Novichkova, A. A., Vorobjeva, L. V., & Chertoprud, E. M. (2025). At the edge of darkness and light: macrozoobenthic assemblages of streams in the entrance zone of caves in the Western Caucasus. Subterranean Biology, 53, 73–101. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.53.152803
- 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/zenkevitchia-yakovi-sidorov-2015 Accessed: 09/22/2025
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