Crymostygius
| Crymostygius thingvallensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Suborder: | Gammaridea |
| Family: | Crymostygidae Kristjánsson & Svavarsson, 2004 |
| Genus: | Crymostygius Kristjánsson & Svavarsson, 2004 |
| Species: | C. thingvallensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Crymostygius thingvallensis Kristjánsson & Svavarsson, 2004 | |
Crymostygius thingvallensis is a species of subterranean amphipod crustacean, endemic to the area around Þingvallavatn, a lake in southwestern Iceland.[1] The species has no close relatives, and is placed in its own family, Crymostygidae.[1] This distinctness has been confirmed by molecular phylogenetics.[2]
References
| External identifiers for Crymostygius thingvallensis | |
|---|---|
| NCBI | 910392 |
| WoRMS | 431681 |
| Also found in: Wikispecies | |
- 1 2 B. K. Kristjánsson; J. Svavarsson (2004). "Crymostygidae, a new family of subterranean freshwater gammaridean amphipods (Crustacea) recorded from subarctic Europe". Journal of Natural History. 38 (15): 1881–1894. doi:10.1080/00222930310001597295.
- ↑ Etienne Kornobis; Snæbjörn Pálsson; Dmitry A. Sidorov; John R. Holsinger; Bjarni K. Kristjánsson (2011). "Molecular taxonomy and phylogenetic affinities of two groundwater amphipods, Crangonyx islandicus and Crymostygius thingvallensis, endemic to Iceland". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58 (3): 527–539. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.010. PMID 21195201.
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