Neoniphargus

Neoniphargus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Neoniphargidae
Genus: Neoniphargus
Stebbing, 1897
Species
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Neoniphargus is a genus of freshwater amphipod crustacean.[1] It is the type genus of the family Neoniphargidae.[2] It is found in the Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania and is threatened by climate change due to its restricted distribution.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b "Neoniphargus Stebbing, 1897". Ocean Biodiversity Information System. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bousfield, E. L. (1977). "A New Look at the Systematics of Gammaroidean Amphipods of the World". Crustaceana Supplement (4): 282–316. JSTOR 25027471.
  3. ^ Hatley, Jude; Murphy, Nicholas P. (November 2016). "Trouble at the top? Restricted distribution and extreme population isolation in an alpine crustacean assemblage with unexpected lineage diversity". Freshwater Biology. 61 (11): 1891–1904. doi:10.1111/fwb.12823. ISSN 0046-5070.
  4. ^ Clements, A. R.; Suter, P. J.; Fussell, M.; Silvester, E. (April 2016). "Macroinvertebrate communities in spring-fed alpine source pools". Hydrobiologia. 777: 119–138. doi:10.1007/s10750-016-2770-2.