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Niphargobates

Niphargobates is a genus of amphipod crustaceans containing two species from European caves. Niphargobates lefkodemonaki is only known to occur in a cave near Xyloskalo in the Lefka Ori mountains, Crete, Greece. Niphargobates orophobata is only known to occur in caves near Postojna, Slovenia. Both species are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

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Niphargobates
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Niphargidae
Genus: Niphargobates
Sket, 1981
Species
  • Niphargobates lefkodemonaki Sket, 1990
  • Niphargobates orophobata Sket, 1981

Niphargobates is a genus of amphipod crustaceans containing two species from European caves. Niphargobates lefkodemonaki is only known to occur in a cave near Xyloskalo in the Lefka Ori mountains, Crete, Greece.1 Niphargobates orophobata is only known to occur in caves near Postojna, Slovenia.2 Both species are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.34

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  1. Cene Fišer; Peter Trontelj & Boris Sket. "Niphargobates lefkodemonaki". Niphargus. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  2. Cene Fišer; Peter Trontelj & Boris Sket. "Niphargobates orophobata". Niphargus. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  3. Sket, B. (1996). "Niphargobates lefkodemonaki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T14794A4460769. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14794A4460769.en.
  4. Sket, B. (1996). "Niphargobates orophobata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T14793A4460738. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14793A4460738.en.