Niphargus cymbalus Karaman G.S., 2017

Ntakis, Alexandros, Karaouzas, Ioannis, Fišer, Cene & Stoch, Fabio, 2020, An annotated checklist of the Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of Greece, Zootaxa 4772 (3), pp. 517-544 : 528

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.3.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F1A70B05-FE1B-4DB2-A7DE-C19F4C07EE66

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856720

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2E6387BA-FFDF-1D0D-978D-FD11ED6D7145

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scientific name

Niphargus cymbalus Karaman G.S., 2017
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Niphargus cymbalus Karaman G.S., 2017 View in CoL

Published records: Karaman G.S. (2017d).

Distribution: Endemic to Greece: Epirus (IO).

Type material: Holotype: male 6.1 mm (slides G17/1, G17/2, G17/3). G-17= Epirus, Glikorizo, Arta , 10 m a.s.l., freshwater well, water temperature 11.5°C, pH 7, 24.02.1976, one exp. accompanied by Niphargus sp. (leg. Argano, Pesce & Bianco) . Holotype is deposited temporarily in KCPM .

Remarks: Only males have been described by Karaman G.S. (1917d). It is a subterranean species, found in a well and shares the type locality with N. fautor Karaman G.S. (2017f) .

Etymology: The species is named after broad pereopods of the species which resemble the musical percussion instrument cymbal.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Niphargidae

Genus

Niphargus

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