Niphargus spasenijae Karaman G. S. 2015

Niphargus spasenijae Karaman G.S., 2015 Published records: Karaman G.S. (2015). Distribution: Endemic to Greece: Thasos Island (TH). Type material: Holotype: female 7, S–7381= anchialine cave in Atspas near seashore, Skala Marion, Island Thasos, Aegean Sea, 3 exp., 24.08.2015 (leg. I. Karaman), mm K...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ntakis, Alexandros, Karaouzas, Ioannis, Fišer, Cene, Stoch, Fabio
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/3856730
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856730
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Summary:Niphargus spasenijae Karaman G.S., 2015 Published records: Karaman G.S. (2015). Distribution: Endemic to Greece: Thasos Island (TH). Type material: Holotype: female 7, S–7381= anchialine cave in Atspas near seashore, Skala Marion, Island Thasos, Aegean Sea, 3 exp., 24.08.2015 (leg. I. Karaman), mm Karaman G.S. (2015). Paratype: male 6.1 mm, data same as for holotype, Karaman G.S. (2015). Holotype and paratypes are deposited in KCPM. Remarks: This species was described in 2015 by Karaman G.S. and is the only known Niphargus from Thasos Island, in the northern Aegean Sea. Its ecology is yet unknown. Etymology: This species is dedicated to deceased scientist Prof. Dr. Spasenija Karaman from Novi Sad (Serbia) for her excellent studies of Oligochaeta from the Balkan Peninsula. Published as part of Ntakis, Alexandros, Karaouzas, Ioannis, Fišer, Cene & Stoch, Fabio, 2020, An annotated checklist of the Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of Greece, pp. 517-544 in Zootaxa 4772 (3) on page 533, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4772.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/3856611