A new species of Niphargus (Amphipoda, Niphargidae) from Crete (Greece)

In: Crustaceana
Authors: Michael L. Zettler 1 and Anja Zettler 1
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  • 1 Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Seestrasse 15, D-18119 Rostock, Germany
Online Publication Date:
27 Sep 2017
In:
Volume 90: Issue 11-12
Article Type:
Research Article
Pages:
1415–1426
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003716

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A new species of the family Niphargidae, Niphargus zarosiensis sp. nov., is described from samples collected in 2016 from a spring draining into Lake Zaros on Crete Island, Greece. This is the first record of the genus Niphargus from a spring on Crete south of the Ida Mountains. Two other Niphargus-species on Crete are known: Niphargus impexus Karaman, and Niphargus lakusici Karaman, . N. zarosiensis sp. nov. is closely related to N. impexus described from northern Crete. The differences to N. lakusici are more obvious.

In:
Crustaceana
E-ISSN:
1568-5403
Print ISSN:
0011-216x
Publisher:
Brill
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