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Issue: Vol. 4126 No. 3: 20 Jun. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-06-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.3.2
Page range: 338–350
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Description of new endemic species of the genus Niphargus Schiödte, 1849 (Amphipoda: Niphargidae) from a karst spring in Zagros Mountains in Iran

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 111, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
Crustacea Amphipoda Niphargus taxonomy 28S ribosomal DNA new species Iran

Abstract

New species of the genus Niphargus is described and named as N. kermanshahi sp. nov. from a karst spring in west of Iran. This species is identified based on the analysis of morphological characters and 28S ribosomal DNA sequences. Taxonomic status and phylogenetic position of this species is discussed in comparison to other Iranian species of Niphargus genus.

 

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