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Niphargus
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 the Pleistocene ice sheets. They are found throughout most of Europe with the notable exception of the Nordics and they are also largely missing from Iberia. The genus extends into Asia as far as the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. In their main range – the central Mediterranean region through Central and Eastern Europe to Ukraine – they are among the most significant organisms inhabiting the groundwater. In the Dinaric Alps 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 Great Britain, and N. irlandicus and N. wexfordensis of Ireland. 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 waters.
48 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Niphargus stygius
speciesNiphargus stygius
Niphargus costozzae
speciesNiphargus costozzae
Niphargus puteanus
speciesNiphargus puteanus
Niphargus rhenorhodanensis
speciesNiphargus rhenorhodanensis
Niphargus rhodi
speciesNiphargus rhodi
Niphargus orcinus
speciesNiphargus orcinus
Niphargus styx
speciesNiphargus styx
Niphargus thienemanni
speciesNiphargus thienemanni
Niphargus ruffoi
speciesNiphargus ruffoi
Niphargus aggtelekiensis
speciesNiphargus aggtelekiensis
Niphargus ladmiraulti
speciesNiphargus ladmiraulti
Niphargus tauricus
speciesNiphargus tauricus
Niphargus miljeticus
speciesNiphargus miljeticus
Niphargus luchoffmanni
speciesNiphargus luchoffmanni
Niphargus vandeli
speciesNiphargus vandeli
Niphargus kochianus
speciesNiphargus kochianus
Niphargus kuscheri
speciesNiphargus kuscheri
Niphargus balcanicus
speciesNiphargus balcanicus
Niphargus tatrensis
speciesNiphargus tatrensis
Niphargus aquilex
speciesNiphargus aquilex
Niphargus spoeckeri
speciesNiphargus spoeckeri
Niphargus pedemontanus
speciesNiphargus pedemontanus
Niphargus hebereri
speciesNiphargus hebereri
Niphargus bureschi
speciesNiphargus bureschi
Niphargus aberrans
speciesNiphargus aberrans
Niphargus hadzii
speciesNiphargus hadzii
Niphargus hrabei
speciesNiphargus hrabei
Niphargus sphagnicolus
speciesNiphargus sphagnicolus
Niphargus stenopus
speciesNiphargus stenopus
Niphargus timavi
speciesNiphargus timavi
Niphargus valachicus
speciesNiphargus valachicus
Niphargus elegans
speciesNiphargus elegans
Niphargus fontanus
speciesNiphargus fontanus
Niphargus lunaris
speciesNiphargus lunaris
Niphargus hercegovinensis
speciesNiphargus hercegovinensis
Niphargus trullipes
speciesNiphargus trullipes
Niphargus tonywhitteni
speciesNiphargus tonywhitteni
Niphargus pliginskii
speciesNiphargus pliginskii
Niphargus dimorphus
speciesNiphargus dimorphus
Niphargus kermanshahi
speciesNiphargus kermanshahi
Niphargus nadarini
speciesNiphargus nadarini
Niphargus caspary
speciesNiphargus caspary
Niphargus plurispinosus
speciesNiphargus plurispinosus
Niphargus dudichi
speciesNiphargus dudichi
Niphargus renei
speciesNiphargus renei
Niphargus dancaui
speciesNiphargus dancaui
Niphargus diadematus
speciesNiphargus diadematus
Niphargus pararhodi
speciesNiphargus pararhodi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90320.