Niphargus lindbergi S. Karaman, 1956

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Stygobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Drakoneras
Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Marathonas / Closest settlement: Kato Souli

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Drakoneras, Karaman 1956, Bou 1971, Beron 2016, Karaman 2018, Ntakis et al. 2020
  Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Marathonas / Closest settlement: Kato Souli
• Spilaio Melissotrypa, Borko et al. 2019, Popa et al. 2019, Ntakis et al. 2020
  Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Elassona / Closest settlement: Kefalovryso

Comments

Known from the type locality, a spring on main road Lamia-Larissa and the cave Melissotrypa.

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

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• 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
• Bou, C. 1971. Observations sur la faune des eaux souterraines de Grèce. International speleological meeting, second in Greece. Athens 1971. Publisher, Athens. pp. 243-256.
• Karaman, S. 1956. III Beitrag zur Kenntnis griechischer Niphargiden. Folia Balcanica, 1: 1-8.
• Karaman S. G. 2018. Further discovery of new or partially known taxa of the genus Niphargus Schiodte, 1849 (Fam. Niphargidae) in Greece (contribution to the knowledge of the amphipoda 302). Agriculture & Forestry, 64 (2): 5-31
• 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 lindbergi S. Karaman, 1956. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 12.05.2020, Accessed 19.04.2026