Cryptic refugee on the northern slope of the Greater Caucasian Ridge: Discovery of niphargus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae) in the North Ossetia–Alania, North Caucasus, separated from its relatives in the late Miocene
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2021.03.002
Abstract: Abstract An endemic subterranean species of the genus Niphargus Schiodte, 1849 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae) belonging to the cave-dwelling “carpathicus” species group is discovered inside an abandoned mine in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russian Federation.… read more here.
Keywords: amphipoda niphargidae; ossetia alania; north ossetia; ridge ... See more keywords