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Niphargus wexfordensis

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Niphargus wexfordensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Niphargidae
Genus: Niphargus
Species:
N. wexfordensis
Binomial name
Niphargus wexfordensis
G. Karaman, Gledhill & Holmes, 1994[1]

Niphargus wexfordensis is a species of amphipod of the family Niphargidae.[2][3] It is endemic to Ireland[3][4] and was originally described from the County Wexford. It is a subterranean species.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Karaman, Gordan S.; Gledhill, Terence & Holmes, Mark C. (1994). "A new subterranean amphipod (Crustacea: Gammaridea: Niphargidae) from southern Ireland, with comments on its taxonomic position and the validity of the genus Niphargellus Schellenberg". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 112 (3): 309–320. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1994.tb00322.x.
  2. ^ Lowry J, ed. (2023). "Niphargus wexfordensis G. Karaman, Gledhill & Holmes, 1994". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Niphargus wexfordensis G. Karaman, Gledhill & Holmes, 1994". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Niphargus wexfordensis | NBN Atlas". species.nbnatlas.org. Retrieved 6 October 2023.