Crymostygius thingvallensis is a species of subterranean amphipod crustacean, endemic to the area around Þingvallavatn, a lake in southwestern Iceland.[1] The species has no close relatives, and is placed in its own family, Crymostygidae.[1] This distinctness has been confirmed by molecular phylogenetics.[2]

Crymostygius thingvallensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Crymostygidae
Kristjánsson & Svavarsson, 2004
Genus: Crymostygius
Kristjánsson & Svavarsson, 2004
Species:
C. thingvallensis
Binomial name
Crymostygius thingvallensis
Kristjánsson & Svavarsson, 2004

References

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  1. ^ a b B. K. Kristjánsson; J. Svavarsson (2004). "Crymostygidae, a new family of subterranean freshwater gammaridean amphipods (Crustacea) recorded from subarctic Europe". Journal of Natural History. 38 (15): 1881–1894. doi:10.1080/00222930310001597295.
  2. ^ Etienne Kornobis; Snæbjörn Pálsson; Dmitry A. Sidorov; John R. Holsinger; Bjarni K. Kristjánsson (2011). "Molecular taxonomy and phylogenetic affinities of two groundwater amphipods, Crangonyx islandicus and Crymostygius thingvallensis, endemic to Iceland". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58 (3): 527–539. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.010. PMID 21195201.