Niphargus jovanovici S. Karaman, 1931

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Niphargidae
Genus: Niphargus

Characterisation

Stygobiont?

Distribution

North Macedonia, Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Melissotrypa, Borko et al. 2019, Popa et al. 2019, Ntakis et al. 2020
  Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Elassona / Closest settlement: Kefalovryso

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

NE - Not Evaluated

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

PESI

Species references

• Borko Š, Collette M, Brad B, Zakšek V, Flot J-F, Vaxevanopoulos M, Sarbu S & Fišer G. 2019. Amphipods in a Greek cave with sulphidic and non-sulphidic water : phylogenetically clustered and ecologically divergent phylogenetically clustered and ecologically divergent.. Systematics and Biodiversity 0(0):1–15. Taylor & Francis. Available from https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2019.1670273
• Ntakis A, Karaouzas I, Fišer C & Stoch F. 2020. An annotated checklist of the Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of Greece. . Zootaxa, 4772(3), 517–544. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4772.3.5
• Popa, I., Brad, T., Vaxevanopoulos, M., Giurginca, A., Baba, S.C., Iepure, S., Plaiasu, R., Sarbu, S.M. 2019. Rich and diverse subterranean invertebrate communities inhabiting Melissotrypa Cave in Central Greece.. Trav. Inst. Spéol. «Émile Racovitza», 58: 65–78.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Niphargus jovanovici S. Karaman, 1931. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 11.11.2019, Accessed 19.04.2026