The Journal "Agriculture and Forestry"
Časopis "Poljoprivreda i šumarstvo"
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Year 2016, Volume 62 Issue 2 (30.06.2016)
| Year : | 2016 |
| Volume : | 62 |
| Issue : | 2 (30.06.2016) |
| Authors : | Gordan S. KARAMAN |
| Title : | ONE NEW MEMBER OF THE SUBTERRANEAN FAMILY NIPHARGIDAE FROM SPAIN, NIPHARGUS SPIRITUS, SP. N. (CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE AMPHIPODA 291) |
| Abstract : | From the subterranean waters of the northern Spain, Fuente Aizpara, on the northern slope of Aizpara Mt., Zugarramurdi, Navarra, one new species of the family Niphargidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Gammaridea) is described and figured, Niphargus. spiritus, sp. n. This species is characterized by presence of scarce number of additional spines on some of pereopod-dactyls, elongated inner ramus of uropod 1 and distal article of uropod 3 in males, long spines on telson, numerous setae along outer margin of dactylus on gnathopods 1 and 2, by presence of only 1-2 setae on maxilla 1 inner plate, etc. The relation between N. spiritus and other known species of this genus known from Spain and France is discussed. |
| For citation : | Gordan S. KARAMAN (2016): ONE NEW MEMBER OF THE SUBTERRANEAN FAMILY NIPHARGIDAE FROM SPAIN, NIPHARGUS SPIRITUS, SP. N. (CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE AMPHIPODA 291). Agriculture and Forestry, 62 (2): 037-058. |
| Keywords : | taxonomy, Amphipoda, new species, Niphargus spiritus, Spain. |
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