ARPHA Conference Abstracts :
Conference Abstract
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Corresponding author: Alice Salussolia (alice.salussolia@ulb.be), Fabio Stoch (fabio.stoch@ulb.ac.be)
Received: 30 Jun 2022 | Published: 14 Jul 2022
© 2022 Alice Salussolia, Jean-François Flot, Fabio Stoch
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Citation:
Salussolia A, Flot J-F, Stoch F (2022) Molecular phylogeny of Alpine groundwater Niphargidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) reveals the effects of Quaternary climate fluctuations. ARPHA Conference Abstracts 5: e89760. https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.5.e89760
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The groundwater amphipod genus Niphargus comprises over 425 described species mainly distributed in the Western Palearctic. Representatives of the genus are quite rare in areas formerly occupied by Quaternary glaciers. Although a couple of species were previously discovered in high-elevation caves and karstic springs, it is only recently that the genus was found to be widely distributed along the Alpine chain (
Pleistocenic glaciations, relict species, Alpine chain, dispersal, vicariance
Alice Salussolia
25th International Conference on Subterranean Biology (Cluj-Napoca, 18-22 July 2022)
Alice Salussolia: laboratory work; conceiving and writing the paper
Jea-François Flot: conceiving and writing the paper
Fabio Stoch: data analysis; conceiving and writing the paper; coordination
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