Niphargellus glenniei | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Family: | Niphargidae |
Genus: | Niphargellus |
Species: | N. glenniei
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Binomial name | |
Niphargellus glenniei (Spooner, 1952)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Niphargellus glenniei, also known as the south-western groundwater shrimp, [2] is a species of amphipod from within the family Niphargidae. A native of the United Kingdom, it has been placed in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan list of priority species. It is the first aquatic troglobite to be given a conservation status within the UK. [3]
Niphargellus glenniei lacks pigment and is eyeless, much like other Stygofauna. [2] It will reach sexual maturity at around 2.5–3 mm long. [4] N. glenniei can be distinguished by a lack of spines on its telson lobes and rounded palmar angles on the organisms gnathopods. [4]
Niphargellus glenniei is endemic to England, where it has been recorded in 143 sites within the southwest of the country. [5] It is restricted to the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. [6] [4]
Niphargellus glenniei lives in freshwater habitats such as caves, aquifers, wells, springs, quarries and mines. [2] The species has been recorded to live in alkaline limestone habitat, but also on acidic granite. [4]
Niphargellus glenniei | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Family: | Niphargidae |
Genus: | Niphargellus |
Species: | N. glenniei
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Binomial name | |
Niphargellus glenniei (Spooner, 1952)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Niphargellus glenniei, also known as the south-western groundwater shrimp, [2] is a species of amphipod from within the family Niphargidae. A native of the United Kingdom, it has been placed in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan list of priority species. It is the first aquatic troglobite to be given a conservation status within the UK. [3]
Niphargellus glenniei lacks pigment and is eyeless, much like other Stygofauna. [2] It will reach sexual maturity at around 2.5–3 mm long. [4] N. glenniei can be distinguished by a lack of spines on its telson lobes and rounded palmar angles on the organisms gnathopods. [4]
Niphargellus glenniei is endemic to England, where it has been recorded in 143 sites within the southwest of the country. [5] It is restricted to the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. [6] [4]
Niphargellus glenniei lives in freshwater habitats such as caves, aquifers, wells, springs, quarries and mines. [2] The species has been recorded to live in alkaline limestone habitat, but also on acidic granite. [4]