Niphargus amirani Marin, 2020

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Higher Taxonomy

Genus Niphargus

Family Niphargidae

Order Amphipoda

Class Malacostraca

Subphylum Crustacea

Phylum Arthropoda

Ecological Group
Stygobiont
Distribution
Distr. in Georgia
Prometheus Cave
IUCN Red List
None
GRL
None
Protection
There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
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Species references
Marin I. 2020b. The Quaternary speciation in the Caucasus: a new cryptic species of stygobiotic amphipod of the genus Niphargus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae) from the Kumistavi (Prometheus) Cave, Western Georgia. Arthropoda Selecta 29(4): 419–432.
Comments
Contact Person
Shalva Barjadze
Citation
Barjadze, Sh., Arabuli, T., Mumladze, L., Maghradze, E., Asanidze, Z., Shavadze, L., Gogshelidze M. 2019. Niphargus amirani Marin, 2020 Cave Biodiversity of Transcaucasia, Open Access Database. Institute of Zoology at Ilia State University. https://cbg.iliauni.edu.ge/en/taxonomy/show/610/dh.iliauni.edu.ge Accessed:
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Other species under taxonomic group Niphargus

Niphargus borutzkyi Birstein, 1933 Niphargus iniochus Birstein, 1941 Niphargus magnus Birstein, 1940 Niphargus otharicus Birstain, 1952 Niphargus ablaskiri Birstein, 1940 Niphargus inermis Birstein, 1940 Niphargus sp. 1 Niphargus gegi Marin, 2019 Niphargus sp. 2 Niphargus eugeniae Derzhavin, 1945 Niphargus cf. borutzkyi Birstein 1933 Niphargus sp. 3 Niphargus rachalechkhumensis Marin, Barjadze, Maghradze & Palatov, 2023 Niphargus tvishiensis Marin, Barjadze, Maghradze & Palatov, 2023