Niphargidae is a
family
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of
amphipod
Amphipoda () is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods () range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 10,700 amphipod species cur ...
crustacean
Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthrop ...
s. Its distribution is in western Eurasia, and its members mainly live in subterranean freshwaters habitats.
It contains the following genera:
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Carinurella''
Sket, 1971
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Foroniphargus''
G. Karaman, 1985
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Haploginglymus''
Mateus & Mateus, 1958
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Microniphargus''
Schellenberg, 1934
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Niphargellus''
Schellenberg, 1938
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Niphargobates''
Sket, 1981
*''Niphargopsis''
Chevreux, 1922 (synonym of ''Niphargus'')
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Niphargus''
Schiødte, 1847
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Pontoniphargus''
Dancău, 1970
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Amphipod families
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