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Niphargus echion G. Karaman & Matočec, 2006

545785  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:545785)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Karaman, G. S.; Gottstein-Matočec, S. (2006). Niphargus echion, a new species of amphipod (Crustacea Amphipoda, Niphargidae) from Istra, Croatia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1150: 53-68. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Type locality contained in Croatia  
type locality contained in Croatia [details]
Etymology The new species, N. echion, is named after Echion, one of the five surviving warriors in Greek mythology, who was born out...  
Etymology The new species, N. echion, is named after Echion, one of the five surviving warriors in Greek mythology, who was born out of the dragon’s teeth that Cadmus had sown when founding Thebes. The dragon’s triple row of teeth is reminiscent of the numerous dis [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2024). World Amphipoda Database. Niphargus echion G. Karaman & Matocec, 2006. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545785 on 2024-07-28
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2010-11-17 07:37:36Z
created
2016-07-20 09:25:27Z
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original description Karaman, G. S.; Gottstein-Matočec, S. (2006). Niphargus echion, a new species of amphipod (Crustacea Amphipoda, Niphargidae) from Istra, Croatia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1150: 53-68. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Etymology The new species, N. echion, is named after Echion, one of the five surviving warriors in Greek mythology, who was born out of the dragon’s teeth that Cadmus had sown when founding Thebes. The dragon’s triple row of teeth is reminiscent of the numerous dis [details]

Holotype Zagreb: Croatian Natural History Museum: holotype C1587 (holotype), C1588 (paratype) [details]
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