Niphargus luchoffmanni

Niphargus luchoffmanni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Crangonyctoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Amphipoda Subordo: Gammaridea Superfamilia: Crangonyctoidea

Familia: Niphargidae
Genus: Niphargus
Species: Niphargus luchoffmanni

Name

Niphargus luchoffmanni Fišer et al., 2018

• Holotype: Male, 6.7 mm. The specimen is mounted on two slides and deposited in the collection of the the Musée de Zoologie, Lausanne, Switzerland under voucher numbers GBIFCH00585716 and GBIFCH00585717. Sampled on May 29, 2014 by Verena Lubini.
• Type locality: Marchbachquelle, Wolfenschiessen, Switzerland (CH1903: 672,490/190,300).
• Paratypes: 9.15 mm long and partially dissected female deposited under voucher number GBIFCH00587519. Male 6.8 mm long deposited under voucher number GBIFCH00587518 and several un-dissected specimens deposited in vials under GBIFCH00329353 and GBIFCH00329354.
• Etymology: named after Hans Lukas Hoffmann.

References

Primary references

• Fišer, C., Alther, R., Zakšek, V., Borko, S., Fuchs, A. & Altermatt, F. 2018. Translating Niphargus barcodes from Switzerland into taxonomy with a description of two new species (Amphipoda, Niphargidae). ZooKeys 760: 113–141. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.760.24978. Reference page. 

Links

• Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Coleman, C.O.; 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.; Sket, B.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2020). World Amphipoda Database. Niphargus luchoffmanni Fišer, Alther, Zakšek, Borko, Fuchs & Altermatt, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1258310 on 2020-06-18
• ZooBank: E1C7C812-1494-40A8-8844-C6DC45C7AF07

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