Niphargus hrabei explained

Niphargus hrabei is a species of crustacean in family Niphargidae.^[1] It is an originally Ponto-Caspian species that was found in the River Danube in Bavaria in the mid 1990s.^[2] It is now known to occur in Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, and Ukraine. It is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List.

External links

• Niphargus Webpage - University of Ljubljana

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jim Lowry . 2010 . Niphargus hrabei S. Karaman, 1932 . . June 19, 2011.
2. Book: Henri J. Dumont . Tamara A. Shiganova . Ulrich Niermann . 2004 . Aquatic Invasions in the Black, Caspian, and Mediterranean Seas: the Ctenophores Mnemiopsis leidyi and Beroe in the Ponto-Caspian and Other Aquatic Invasions . 35 . NATO Science Series: earth and environmental sciences . . 978-1-4020-1869-5 . Range extensions of Ponto-Caspian aquatic invertebrates in continental Europe . H. A. M. Ketelaars . 209–235 .