Niphargidae

Niphargidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Suborder:	Senticaudata
Infraorder:	Gammarida
Parvorder:	Crangonyctidira
Superfamily:	Crangonyctoidea
Family:	Niphargidae; Bousfield, 1977

Niphargidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. Its distribution is in western Eurasia, and its members mainly live in subterranean freshwaters habitats. It contains the following genera:

Carinurella Sket, 1971
Foroniphargus G. Karaman, 1985
Haploginglymus Mateus & Mateus, 1958
Microniphargus Schellenberg, 1934
Niphargellus Schellenberg, 1938
Niphargobates Sket, 1981
Niphargopsis Chevreux, 1922 (synonym of Niphargus)
Niphargus Schiødte, 1847
Pontoniphargus Dancău, 1970

References

1 2 Horton, T., Lowry, J. (2014). Lowry J (ed.). "Niphargidae Bousfield, 1977". World Amphipoda Database. World Register of Marine Species.
↑ Fišer, Cene; Trontelj, Peter; Sket, Boris. "Niphargus home page". Retrieved April 26, 2014.
↑ Fišer, Cene; Trontelj, Peter; Sket, Boris. "Check list". Niphargus. Archived from the original on October 26, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2010.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Horton, T., Lowry, J. (2014). Lowry J (ed.). "Niphargidae Bousfield, 1977". World Amphipoda Database. World Register of Marine Species.

[Niphargus-2] Fišer, Cene; Trontelj, Peter; Sket, Boris. "Niphargus home page". Retrieved April 26, 2014.

[3] Fišer, Cene; Trontelj, Peter; Sket, Boris. "Check list". Niphargus. Archived from the original on October 26, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2010.