Niphargus zarosiensis Zettler M.L. & Zettler A., 2017

Ntakis, Alexandros, Karaouzas, Ioannis, Fišer, Cene & Stoch, Fabio, 2020, An annotated checklist of the Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of Greece, Zootaxa 4772 (3), pp. 517-544 : 534

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.3.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856712
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scientific name	Niphargus zarosiensis Zettler M.L. & Zettler A., 2017
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Niphargus zarosiensis Zettler M.L. & Zettler A., 2017 View in CoL

Published records: Zettler M.L. & Zettler A. (2017)

Distribution: Endemic to Greece: Crete Island (KR).

Type material: Holotype: male 8.5 mm ( ZMB 30632), spring at the shore of Lake Zaros (Limni Votomos), Crete, Greece, under stones and gravel, 35.139971°N, 24.911726°E, (leg. M.L. Zettler & A. Zettler 2017) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: female 10mm, data same as for holotype: (leg. M.L. Zettler & A. Zettler A. 2017). The type material of the new species and other material of N. zarosiensis are deposited at the collection of ZMB GoogleMaps .

Remarks: Niphargus zarosiensis is another endemic species of genus Niphargus from Crete Island, thus constituting the island as a hot spot of endemism. There is no known phylogenetic analysis and its ecology is unknown.

Etymology: The specific name zarosiensis has its origin from Lake Zaros were the species was found in a spring at the shore line.