WoRMS taxon details
original description
Fišer, C., Konec, M., Alther, R., Švara, V., Altermatt, F. (2017). Taxonomic, phylogenetic and ecological diversity of Niphargus (Amphipoda: Crustacea) in the Hölloch cave system. <em>Sytematics and Biodiversity.</em> 15(3): 218-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2016.1249112 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Etymology The species is named after the river Muota, which is the main river draining the Muota Valley,in which the Hoelloch cave system is situated. [details]
Habitat Cave species, found in Hoelloch; in a percolation at the bottom of the Seengang and in the rear of the Wasserdom. [details]
Holotype Female, 10.3 mm long, dissected and mounted on slides. Type series is deposited in the Mus?ee cantonal de zoologie de Lausanne. [details]
Type locality Hoelloch, Switzerland [details]
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