Synonyms

This species was mentioned as “Niphargus stygius borutzkyi Birstein” erroneously in Birstein, 1950 for Tskaltsitela, Sapichkhia and Sataplia I caves.

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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

Sapichkhia Cave Sataplia I Cave Tskaltsitela Cave

IUCN Red List

None

GRL

None

Protection

There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

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Species references

Birstein Y.A. 1933. Malacostraca der Kutais-Hohlen am Rion (Transkaukasus, Georgien). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 104: 143-156; Birstein J.A. 1950. Cave fauna of the Western Transcaucasia. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 29 (4): 354-366 (in Russian).

Comments

Expert

Dmitry Sidorov

Contact Person

Shalva Barjadze

Citation

Barjadze, Sh., Arabuli, T., Mumladze, L., Maghradze, E., Asanidze, Z., Shavadze, L., Gogshelidze M. 2019. Niphargus borutzkyi Birstein, 1933 Cave Biodiversity of Transcaucasia, Open Access Database. Institute of Zoology at Ilia State University. https://cbg.iliauni.edu.ge/en/taxonomy/show/67 Accessed:

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