''Typhlocypris trigonella'' is a species of

ostracod Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a Class (biology), class of the crustacean, Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp. Some 33,000 species (only 13,000 of which are extant taxon, extant) have been identified,Brandão, S.N.; Antoni ...

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 ...

in the family

Candonidae Candonidae is a family (biology), family of ostracods, containing around 25% of all known species of freshwater ostracods. Around 75% of genera in the family are endemism, endemic to a single zoogeographic region. It contains more than 500 specie ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

, where it is known only from

Postojna Cave Postojna Cave (; ; ) is a long karst cave system near Postojna, southwestern Slovenia. It is the second-longest cave system in the country (following the Migovec System) as well as one of its top tourism sites. The caves were created by the P ...

References

Candonidae Freshwater crustaceans of Europe Crustaceans described in 1938 Endemic fauna of Slovenia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{ostracod-stub