''Niphargus'' is by far the largest

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of its

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, the

Niphargidae 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. Karama ...

, and the largest of all

freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...

amphipod Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 9,900 amphipod species so far descr ...

genera. Usually, these animals inhabit

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s or

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. They occur in western

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, in regions that were not covered by the

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s. They are found throughout most of Europe with the notable exception of the Nordics and they are also largely missing from

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. The genus extends into Asia as far as the

Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate ...

and

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. In their main range – the central

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region through

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and

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to the

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

– they are among the most significant organisms inhabiting the groundwater. In the

Dinaric Alps The Dinaric Alps (), also Dinarides, are a mountain range in Southern and Southcentral Europe, separating the continental Balkan Peninsula from the Adriatic Sea. They stretch from Italy in the northwest through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herz ...

alone there are at least 45 species. There are also six species in the British Isles (the northernmost ''Niphargus''): ''N. aquilex'', ''N. fontanus'', ''N. glenniei'' and ''N. kochianus'' of

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, and ''N. irlandicus'' and ''N. wexfordensis'' of

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. Although the individual species often have very small ranges and only live at a narrow water temperature range, the genus includes both species of cold and relatively warm places, taken to the extreme in ''N. thermalis'' from

thermal water A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ...

s. ''Niphargus'' are extremely variable in their appearance (more so than even some amphipod families), but are whitish and completely lack eyes. They are fairly small, ranging from about in length in the smallest species to about in the largest. At least some of the species are highly resistant to starvation and able to survive for more than 200 days without food.

Species

The

taxonomy Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...

of ''Niphargus'' is highly complex. The genus contains the following species: *''

Niphargus abchasicus ''Niphargus'' is by far the largest genus of its family, the Niphargidae, and the largest of all freshwater amphipod genera. Usually, these animals inhabit caves or groundwater. They occur in western Eurasia, in regions that were not covered by ...

'' Martynov, 1932 *''

Niphargus aberrans ''Niphargus aberrans'' is a species of crustacean in the family Niphargidae. It is endemic to Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is b ...

'' Sket, 1972 *''

Niphargus ablaskiri ''Niphargus'' is by far the largest genus of its family, the Niphargidae, and the largest of all freshwater amphipod genera. Usually, these animals inhabit caves or groundwater. They occur in western Eurasia, in regions that were not covered by ...

'' Birstein, 1940 *'' Niphargus abricossovi'' Birstein, 1932 *'' Niphargus adbiptus'' G. Karaman, 1973 *'' Niphargus adei'' S. Karaman, 1934 *'' Niphargus affinis'' Dobreanu, Manolache & Puscariu, 1953 *'' Niphargus aggtelekiensis'' Dudich, 1932 *'' Niphargus alasonius'' Derzhavin, 1945 *'' Niphargus alatus'' G. Karaman, 1973 *'' Niphargus alpinus'' G. Karaman & Ruffo, 1989 *'' Niphargus altagahizi'' Alouf, 1973 *'' Niphargus alutensis'' Dancau, 1971 *'' Niphargus ambulator'' G. Karaman, 1975 *'' Niphargus anatolicus'' S. Karaman, 1950 *''

Niphargus andropus ''Niphargus'' is by far the largest genus of its family, the Niphargidae, and the largest of all freshwater amphipod genera. Usually, these animals inhabit caves or groundwater. They occur in western Eurasia, in regions that were not covered by ...

'' Schellenberg, 1940 *'' Niphargus angelieri'' Ruffo, 1954 *'' Niphargus anticolanus'' d’Ancona, 1934 *''

Niphargus apuanus ''Niphargus'' is by far the largest genus of its family, the Niphargidae, and the largest of all freshwater amphipod genera. Usually, these animals inhabit caves or groundwater. They occur in western Eurasia, in regions that were not covered by ...

'' Ruffo, 1936 *'' Niphargus aquilex'' Schioedte, 1855 *'' Niphargus arbiter'' G. Karaman, 1985 *'' Niphargus arcanus'' G. Karaman, 1988 *'' Niphargus armatus'' G. Karaman, 1985 *'' Niphargus asper'' G. Karaman, 1972 *'' Niphargus auerbachi'' Schellenberg, 1934 *'' Niphargus aulicus'' G. S. Karaman, 1991 *'' Niphargus bajuvaricus'' Schellenberg, 1932 *'' Niphargus balazuci'' Schellenberg, 1951 *'' Niphargus balcanicus'' Absolon, 1927 *'' Niphargus baloghi'' Dudich, 1940 *'' Niphargus banaticus'' Dobreanu & Manolache, 1936 *'' Niphargus banjanus'' S. Karaman, 1943 *'' Niphargus barbatus'' Karaman, 1985 *'' Niphargus bihorensis'' Schellenberg, 1940 *'' Niphargus bilecanus'' S. Karaman, 1953 *'' Niphargus biljanae'' Karaman, 1998 *'' Niphargus birsteini'' Dedyu, 1963 *'' Niphargus bitoljensis'' S. Karaman, 1943 *'' Niphargus bodoni'' Karaman, 1985 *'' Niphargus borkanus'' S. Karaman, 1960 *'' Niphargus borutzkyi'' Birstein, 1933 *'' Niphargus boskovici'' S. Karaman, 1952 *'' Niphargus bosniacus'' S. Karaman, 1943 *'' Niphargus boulangei'' Wichers, 1964 *'' Niphargus brachytelson'' S. Karaman, 1952 *'' Niphargus brevicuspis'' Schellenberg, 1937 *'' Niphargus brevirostris'' Sket, 1971 *'' Niphargus brixianus'' Ruffo, 1937 *'' Niphargus bulgaricus'' Andreev, 2001 *'' Niphargus bureschi'' Fage, 1926 *'' Niphargus burgundus'' Graf & Straskraba, 1967 *'' Niphargus buturovici'' S. Karaman, 1958 *'' Niphargus caelestis'' G. Karaman, 1982 *'' Niphargus canui'' G. Karaman, 1976 *'' Niphargus carcerarius'' G. Karaman, 1989 *'' Niphargus carniolicus'' Sket, 1960 *'' Niphargus carpathicus'' Dobreanu & Manolache, 1939 *'' Niphargus carpathorossicus'' Straskraba, 1957 *'' Niphargus carsicus'' Straskraba, 1956 *'' Niphargus casimiriensis'' Skalski, 1980 *'' Niphargus castellanus'' S. Karaman, 1960 *'' Niphargus catalogus'' G. S. Karaman, 1995 *'' Niphargus cavernicolus'' Dobreanu & Manolache, 1957 *'' Niphargus cepelarensis'' S. Karaman & G. Karaman, 1959 *'' Niphargus ciliatus'' Chevreux, 1906 *'' Niphargus cismontanus'' Margalef, 1952 *'' Niphargus corinae'' Dedyu, 1963 *'' Niphargus corniculanus'' Iannilli&Vigna-Taglianti, 2005 *'' Niphargus corsicanus'' Schellenberg, 1950 *'' Niphargus costozzae'' Schellenberg, 1935 *'' Niphargus croaticus'' Jurinac, 1888 *''

Niphargus cubanicus ''Niphargus'' is by far the largest genus of its family, the Niphargidae, and the largest of all freshwater amphipod genera. Usually, these animals inhabit caves or groundwater. They occur in western Eurasia, in regions that were not covered by ...

'' Birstein, 1954 *'' Niphargus cvijici'' S. Karaman, 1950 *'' Niphargus d’anconai'' Benedetti, 1942 *'' Niphargus dabarensis'' Fišer, Trontelj & Sket, 2006 *'' Niphargus dacicus'' Dancau, 1963 *'' Niphargus dalmatinus'' Schaferna, 1922 *'' Niphargus danconai'' Benedetti, 1942 *'' Niphargus danconai'' S. Karaman, 1954 *'' Niphargus danielopoli'' Karaman, 1994 *'' Niphargus debilis'' Ruffo, 1936 *'' Niphargus decui'' G. Karaman & Sarbu, 1995 *'' Niphargus deelemanae'' G. Karaman, 1973 *'' Niphargus delamarei'' Ruffo, 1954 *'' Niphargus derzhavini'' Birstein, 1952 *'' Niphargus dimorphopus'' Stock & Gledhill, 1977 *'' Niphargus dimorphus'' Birstein, 1961 *'' Niphargus dissonus'' G. Karaman, 1984 *'' Niphargus dobati'' Sket, 1999 *'' Niphargus dobrogicus'' Dancau, 1964 *'' Niphargus dojranensis'' G. Karaman, 1960 *'' Niphargus dolenianesis'' Lorenzi, 1898 *'' Niphargus dolichopus'' Fišer, Trontelj & Sket, 2006 *'' Niphargus dubius'' Dobreanu & Manolache *'' Niphargus dudichi'' Hanko, 1924 *'' Niphargus duplus'' G. Karaman, 1976 *'' Niphargus echion'' G. Karaman & Gottstein Matočec, 2006 *'' Niphargus effossus'' Dudich, 1943 *'' Niphargus elegans'' Garbini, 1894 *'' Niphargus enslini'' S. Karaman, 1932 *'' Niphargus eugeniae'' Derzhavin, 1945 *'' Niphargus factor'' Sket & G. Karaman, 1990 *'' Niphargus fontanus'' Bate, 1859 *'' Niphargus fongi'' Fišer & Zagmajster, 2009 *'' Niphargus fontophilus'' S. Karaman, 1943 *'' Niphargus foreli'' Humbert, 1877 *'' Niphargus forroi'' Karaman, 1986 *'' Niphargus galenae'' Derzhavin, 1939 *'' Niphargus gallicus'' Schellenberg, 1935 *'' Niphargus galvagnii'' Ruffo, 1953 *'' Niphargus gebhardti'' Schellenberg, 1934 *'' Niphargus georgievi'' S. Karaman & G. Karaman, 1959 *'' Niphargus gineti'' Bou, 1965 *'' Niphargus glontii'' Behning, 1940 *'' Niphargus graecus'' S. Karaman, 1934 *'' Niphargus grandii'' Ruffo, 1937 *† '' Niphargus groehni'' Coleman & Myers, 2001 *'' Niphargus gurjanovae'' Birstein, 1941 *'' Niphargus hadzii'' Rejic, 1956 *'' Niphargus hebereri'' Schellenberg, 1933 *'' Niphargus hercegovinensis'' S. Karaman, 1950 *'' Niphargus hoverlicus'' Dedyu, 1963 *'' Niphargus hrabei'' S. Karaman, 1932 *'' Niphargus hungaricus'' Mehely, 1937 *'' Niphargus hvarensis'' S. Karaman, 1952 *''

Niphargus ictus ''Niphargus'' is by far the largest genus of its family, the Niphargidae, and the largest of all freshwater amphipod genera. Usually, these animals inhabit caves or groundwater. They occur in western Eurasia, in regions that were not covered by ...

'' G. Karaman, 1985 *'' Niphargus illidzensis'' Schaferna, 1922 *'' Niphargus incertus'' Dobreanu, Manolache & Puscariu, 1951 *'' Niphargus inclinatus'' G. Karaman, 1973 *'' Niphargus inermis'' Birstein, 1940 *'' Niphargus iniochus'' Birstein, 1941 *'' Niphargus inopinatus'' Schellenberg, 1932 *'' Niphargus inornatus'' Derzhavin, 1945 *'' Niphargus irlandicus'' Schellenberg, 1932 *'' Niphargus italicus'' G. Karaman, 1976 *'' Niphargus itus'' G. Karaman, 1986 *'' Niphargus ivokaramani'' G. Karaman, 1994 *'' Niphargus jadranko'' Sket & G. Karaman, 1990 *'' Niphargus jalzici'' G. Karaman, 1989 *'' Niphargus jaroschenkoi'' Dedyu, 1963 *'' Niphargus jovanovici'' S. Karaman, 1931 *'' Niphargus jugoslavicus'' G. Karaman, 1982 *'' Niphargus jurinaci'' S. Karaman, 1950 *'' Niphargus karamani'' Schellenberg, 1935 *'' Niphargus kenki'' S. Karaman, 1952 *'' Niphargus kieferi'' Schellenberg, 1936 *'' Niphargus kirgizi'' Fišer, Çamur-Elipek & Özbek, 2009 *'' Niphargus kochianus'' Bate, 1859 *'' Niphargus kolombatovici'' S. Karaman, 1950 *'' Niphargus komareki'' S. Karaman, 1932 *'' Niphargus korosensis'' Dudich, 1943 *'' Niphargus kosanini'' S. Karaman, 1943 *'' Niphargus kragujevensis'' S. Karaman, 1950 *'' Niphargus krameri'' Schellenberg, 1935 *'' Niphargus kurdus'' Derzhavin, 1945 *'' Niphargus kusceri'' S. Karaman, 1950 *'' Niphargus labacensis'' Sket, 1956 *'' Niphargus ladmiraulti'' Chevreux, 1901 *'' Niphargus laisi'' Schellenberg, 1936 *'' Niphargus laticaudatus'' Schellenberg, 1940 *'' Niphargus latimanus'' Birstein, 1952 *'' Niphargus lattingerae'' G. Karaman, 1983 *'' Niphargus leopoliensis'' Jaworowski, 1893 *'' Niphargus lessiniensis'' Stoch, 1998 *'' Niphargus liburnicus'' G. Karaman & Sket, 1989 *'' Niphargus likanus'' S. Karaman, 1952 *''

Niphargus lindbergi ''Niphargus'' is by far the largest genus of its family, the Niphargidae, and the largest of all freshwater amphipod genera. Usually, these animals inhabit caves or groundwater. They occur in western Eurasia, in regions that were not covered by ...

'' S. Karaman, 1956 *'' Niphargus longicaudatus'' A. Costa, 1851 *'' Niphargus longidactylus'' Ruffo, 1937 *'' Niphargus longiflagellum'' S. Karaman, 1950 *'' Niphargus lori'' Derzhavin, 1945 *'' Niphargus lourensis'' Fišer, Trontelj & Sket, 2006 *'' Niphargus lunaris'' G. Karaman, 1985 *'' Niphargus macedonicus'' S. Karaman, 1929 *'' Niphargus magnus'' Birstein, 1940 *'' Niphargus maximus'' S. Karaman, 1929 *'' Niphargus mediodanubilais'' Dudich, 1941 *'' Niphargus medvednicae'' S. Karaman, 1950 *'' Niphargus melticensis'' Dancau & Andreev, 1973 *'' Niphargus meridionalis'' Dobreanu & Manolache, 1942 *'' Niphargus messanai'' G. Karaman, 1989 *'' Niphargus microcerberus'' Sket, 1972 *'' Niphargus miljeticus'' Straškraba, 1959 *'' Niphargus minor'' Sket, 1956 *'' Niphargus moldavicus'' Dobreanu, Manolache & Puscariu, 1953 *'' Niphargus molnari'' Mehely, 1927 *'' Niphargus montellianus'' Stoch, 1998 *'' Niphargus montenigrinus'' G. Karaman, 1962 *'' Niphargus multipennatus'' Sket, 1956 *'' Niphargus nadarini'' Alouf, 1972 *'' Niphargus nicaensis'' Isnard, 1916 *'' Niphargus novomestanus'' S. Karaman, 1952 *''

Niphargus numerus ''Niphargus'' is by far the largest genus of its family, the Niphargidae, and the largest of all freshwater amphipod genera. Usually, these animals inhabit caves or groundwater. They occur in western Eurasia, in regions that were not covered by ...

'' G. Karaman & Sket, 1990 *'' Niphargus occultus'' G. Karaman, 1993-94 *'' Niphargus ohridanus'' S. Karaman, 1929 *'' Niphargus orcinus'' Joseph, 1869 *'' Niphargus orientalis'' S. Karaman, 1950 *'' Niphargus osogovensis'' S. Karaman, 1959 *'' Niphargus otharicus'' Birstein, 1952 *'' Niphargus pachypus'' Schellenberg, 1933 *'' Niphargus pachytelson'' Sket, 1960 *''

Niphargus pancici ''Niphargus'' is by far the largest genus of its family, the Niphargidae, and the largest of all freshwater amphipod genera. Usually, these animals inhabit caves or groundwater. They occur in western Eurasia, in regions that were not covered by ...

'' S. Karaman, 1929 *'' Niphargus pannonicus'' S. Karaman, 1950 *'' Niphargus parapupetta'' G. Karaman, 1984 *'' Niphargus parenzani'' Ruffo & Vigna–Taglianti, 1968 *'' Niphargus parvus'' S. Karaman, 1943 *'' Niphargus pasquinii'' Vigna-Taglianti, 1966 *'' Niphargus pater'' Mehely, 1941 *'' Niphargus patrizii'' Ruffo & Vigna–Taglianti, 1968 *'' Niphargus pavicevici'' G. Karaman, 1976 *'' Niphargus pecarensis'' S. Karaman & G. Karaman, 1959 *'' Niphargus pectencoronatae'' Sket & G. Karaman, 1990 *'' Niphargus pectinicauda'' Sket, 1971 *'' Niphargus pedemontanus'' Ruffo, 1937 *'' Niphargus pellagonicus'' S. Karaman, 1943 *'' Niphargus pescei'' G. Karaman, 1984 *'' Niphargus petkovskii'' G. Karaman, 1963 *'' Niphargus petrosani'' Dobreanu & Manolache, 1933 *'' Niphargus phreaticolus'' Motas, Dobreanu & Manolache, 1948 *'' Niphargus plateaui'' Chevreux, 1901 *'' Niphargus pliginskii'' Martynov, 1930 *'' Niphargus podgoricensis'' S. Karaman, 1934 *'' Niphargus podpecanus'' S. Karaman, 1952 *'' Niphargus poianoi'' G. Karaman, 1988 *'' Niphargus polonicus'' Schellenberg, 1936 *'' Niphargus poloninicus'' Straškraba, 1957 *'' Niphargus polymorphus'' Fišer, Trontelj & Sket, 2006 *'' Niphargus ponoricus'' Dancau, 1963 *'' Niphargus potamophilus'' Birstein, 1954 *'' Niphargus pretneri'' Sket, 1959 *'' Niphargus pseudocaspius'' G. Karaman, 1982 *'' Niphargus pseudokochianus'' Dobreanu, Manolache & Puscariu, 1953 *'' Niphargus pseudolatimanus'' Birstein, 1952 *'' Niphargus pulevici'' G. Karaman, 1967 *'' Niphargus pupetta'' Sket, 1962 *'' Niphargus puteanus'' (C. L. Koch, 1836) *'' Niphargus rajecensis'' Schellenberg, 1938 *'' Niphargus ravanicanus'' S. Karaman, 1943 *'' Niphargus redenseki'' Sket, 1959 *'' Niphargus rejici'' Sket, 1958 *'' Niphargus remus'' G. Karaman, 1992 *'' Niphargus remyi'' S. Karaman, 1934 *'' Niphargus renei'' Karaman, 1986 *'' Niphargus rhenorhodanensis'' Schellenberg, 1937 *'' Niphargus rhodi'' S. Karaman, 1950 *'' Niphargus robustus'' Chevreux, 1901 *'' Niphargus romanicus'' Dobreanu & Manolache, 1942 *'' Niphargus romuleus'' Vigna-Taglianti, 1968 *'' Niphargus rostratus'' Sket, 1971 *'' Niphargus rucneri'' G. Karaman, 1962 *'' Niphargus ruffoi'' G. Karaman, 1976 *'' Niphargus salonitanus'' S. Karaman, 1950 *'' Niphargus sanctinaumi'' S. Karaman, 1943 *'' Niphargus schellenbergi'' S. Karaman, 1932 *'' Niphargus schusteri'' G. Karaman, 1991 *'' Niphargus scopicauda'' Fišer, Coleman, Zagmajster, Zwittnig, Gerecke & Sket, 2010 *'' Niphargus serbicus'' S. Karaman, 1960 *'' Niphargus sertaci'' Fišer, Çamur-Elipek & Özbek, 2009 *'' Niphargus setiferus'' Schellenberg, 1937 *'' Niphargus sibillinianus'' G. Karaman, 1984 *'' Niphargus similis'' G. Karaman & Ruffo, 1989 *'' Niphargus sketi'' G. Karaman, 1966 *'' Niphargus skopljensis'' S. Karaman, 1929 *'' Niphargus slovenicus'' S. Karaman, 1932 *'' Niphargus smederevanus'' S. Karaman, 1950 *'' Niphargus smirnovi'' Birstein, 1952 *'' Niphargus sodalis'' G. Karaman, 1984 *'' Niphargus somesensis'' Motas, Dobreanu & Manolache, 1948 *'' Niphargus speziae'' Schellenberg, 1936 *'' Niphargus sphagnicolus'' Rejic, 1956 *'' Niphargus spinulifemur'' S. Karaman, 1954 *'' Niphargus spoeckeri'' Schellenberg, 1933 *'' Niphargus stadleri'' S. Karaman, 1932 *'' Niphargus stankoi'' G. Karaman, 1974 *'' Niphargus stebbingi'' Cecchini *'' Niphargus stefanellii'' Ruffo & Vigna-Taglianti, 1968 *''

Niphargus stenopus ''Niphargus stenopus'' is a species of freshwater amphipod crustacean which is endemic to Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is borde ...

'' Sket, 1960 *'' Niphargus steueri'' Schellenberg, 1935 *'' Niphargus stochi'' G. Karaman, 1994 *'' Niphargus strouhali'' Schellenberg, 1933 *''

Niphargus stygius ''Niphargus'' is by far the largest genus of its family, the Niphargidae, and the largest of all freshwater amphipod genera. Usually, these animals inhabit caves or groundwater. They occur in western Eurasia, in regions that were not covered by ...

'' Schiodte, 1847 –

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

*'' Niphargus stygocharis'' Dudich, 1943 *'' Niphargus submersus'' Derzhavin, 1945 *'' Niphargus subtypicus'' Sket, 1960 *'' Niphargus talikadzei'' Giliarov, Lagidze, Levushkin & Talikadze, 1974 *''

Niphargus tamaninii ''Niphargus'' is by far the largest genus of its family, the Niphargidae, and the largest of all freshwater amphipod genera. Usually, these animals inhabit caves or groundwater. They occur in western Eurasia, in regions that were not covered by ...

'' Ruffo, 1953 *'' Niphargus tatrensis'' Wrzesniowsky, 1888 *'' Niphargus tauri'' Schellenberg, 1933 *'' Niphargus tauricus'' Birstein, 1964 *'' Niphargus tenuicaudatus'' Schellenberg, 1940 *'' Niphargus thermalis'' Dudich, 1941 *'' Niphargus thienemanni'' Schellenberg, 1934 *'' Niphargus thuringius'' Schellenberg, 1934 *'' Niphargus timavi'' S. Karaman, 1954 *'' Niphargus toplicensis'' Andreev, 1966 *'' Niphargus transitivus'' Sket, 1971 *'' Niphargus transsylvanicus'' Schellenberg, 1934 *'' Niphargus tridentinus'' Stoch, 1998 *'' Niphargus trullipes'' Sket, 1958 *'' Niphargus vadimi'' Birstein, 1961 *'' Niphargus valachicus'' Dobreanu & Manolache, 1933 *''

Niphargus vandeli ''Niphargus'' is by far the largest genus of its family, the Niphargidae, and the largest of all freshwater amphipod genera. Usually, these animals inhabit caves or groundwater. They occur in western Eurasia, in regions that were not covered by ...

'' Barbe, 1961 *'' Niphargus variabilis'' Dobreanu, Manolache & Puscariu, 1953 *'' Niphargus velesensis'' S. Karaman, 1943 *'' Niphargus versluysi'' S. Karaman, 1950 *'' Niphargus vinodolensis'' Fišer, Sket & Stoch, 2006 *'' Niphargus virei'' Chevreux, 1896 *'' Niphargus vjeternicensis'' S. Karaman, 1932 *'' Niphargus vlkanovi'' S. Karaman & G. Karaman, 1959 *'' Niphargus vodnensis'' S. Karaman, 1943 *'' Niphargus vornatscheri'' Schellenberg, 1934 *'' Niphargus vranjinae'' G. Karaman, 1967 *'' Niphargus vulgaris'' G. Karaman, 1968 *'' Niphargus wexfordensis'' Karaman, Gledhill & Holmes, 1994 *'' Niphargus wolfi'' Schellenberg, 1933 *'' Niphargus zagrebensis'' S. Karaman, 1950 *'' Niphargus zavalanus'' S. Karaman, 1950 *'' Niphargus zorae'' G. Karaman, 1967

References

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