WoRMS taxon details
Niphargidae Bousfield, 1977
- Genus Exniphargus Karaman G.S., 2016
- Genus Foroniphargus G. Karaman, 1985
- Genus Haploginglymus Mateus & Mateus, 1958
- Genus Niphargus Schiödte, 1849
- Genus Carinurella Sket, 1971 accepted as Niphargus Schiödte, 1849
- Genus Chaetoniphargus Karaman G.S. & Sket, 2019 accepted as Niphargus Schiödte, 1849
- Genus Karamaniella Sket, 1962 accepted as Niphargus Schiödte, 1849
- Genus Martynovia Derzhavin, 1945 accepted as Niphargus Schiödte, 1849
- Genus Niphargellus Schellenberg, 1938 accepted as Niphargus Schiödte, 1849
- Genus Niphargobates Sket, 1981 accepted as Niphargus Schiödte, 1849
- Genus Niphargobatoides Karaman G.S., 2016 accepted as Niphargus Schiödte, 1849
- Genus Niphargopsis Chevreux, 1922 accepted as Niphargus Schiödte, 1849
- Genus Pontoniphargus Dancau, 1968 accepted as Niphargus Schiödte, 1849 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Stygodytes Absolon, 1927 accepted as Niphargus Schiödte, 1849 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bousfield, E. L. (1977). A new look at the systematics of Gammaroidean Amphipods of the World. <em>Crustaceana supplement.</em> 4: 282-316. [details] Available for editors 
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Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Niphargidae Bousfield, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545660 on 2025-03-31
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Bousfield, E. L. (1977). A new look at the systematics of Gammaroidean Amphipods of the World. <em>Crustaceana supplement.</em> 4: 282-316. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Fišer, C.; Sket, B.; Trontelj, P. (2008). A phylogenetic perspective on 160 years of troubled taxonomy of Niphargus (Crustacea: Amphipoda). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 37(6): 665-680., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00347.x [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sket, B.; Karaman, G. S. (2019). Phylogenetic position of the genus Chaetoniphargus Karaman et Sket (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae) from dinaric karst. An extreme case of homoplasy / Filogenetski položaj rodu Chaetoniphargus Karaman et Sket (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae) iz. <em>Folia biologica et geologica.</em> 59(2): 93., available online at https://doi.org/10.3986/fbg0046 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Borko, Š.; Collette, M.; Brad, T.; Zakšek, V.; Flot, J.-F.; Vaxevanopoulos, M.; Sarbu, S. M.; Fišer, C. (2019). Amphipods in a Greek cave with sulphidic and non-sulphidic water: phylogenetically clustered and ecologically divergent. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 17(6): 558-572., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2019.1670273 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Weber, D.; Stoch, F.; Knight, L. R.; Chauveau, C.; Flot, J.-F. (2021). The genus Microniphargus (Crustacea, Amphipoda): evidence for three lineages distributed across northwestern Europe and transfer from Niphargidae to Pseudoniphargidae. <em>Belgian Journal of Zoology.</em> 151., available online at https://doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2021.92 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Stoch, F.; Citoleux, J.; Weber, D.; Salussolia, A.; Flot, J.-F. (2024). New insights into the origin and phylogeny of Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda), with description of a new species and synonymization of the genus <i>Niphargellus</i> with <i>Niphargus</i>. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 202(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae154 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Sket, B.; Karaman, G. S. (2019). Phylogenetic position of the genus Chaetoniphargus Karaman et Sket (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae) from dinaric karst. An extreme case of homoplasy / Filogenetski položaj rodu Chaetoniphargus Karaman et Sket (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae) iz. <em>Folia biologica et geologica.</em> 59(2): 93., available online at https://doi.org/10.3986/fbg0046 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Borko, Š.; Collette, M.; Brad, T.; Zakšek, V.; Flot, J.-F.; Vaxevanopoulos, M.; Sarbu, S. M.; Fišer, C. (2019). Amphipods in a Greek cave with sulphidic and non-sulphidic water: phylogenetically clustered and ecologically divergent. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 17(6): 558-572., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2019.1670273 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Weber, D.; Stoch, F.; Knight, L. R.; Chauveau, C.; Flot, J.-F. (2021). The genus Microniphargus (Crustacea, Amphipoda): evidence for three lineages distributed across northwestern Europe and transfer from Niphargidae to Pseudoniphargidae. <em>Belgian Journal of Zoology.</em> 151., available online at https://doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2021.92 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Stoch, F.; Citoleux, J.; Weber, D.; Salussolia, A.; Flot, J.-F. (2024). New insights into the origin and phylogeny of Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda), with description of a new species and synonymization of the genus <i>Niphargellus</i> with <i>Niphargus</i>. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 202(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae154 [details] Available for editors
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