Schaefferia profundissima is a species of springtail (arthropods) endemic to the Krubera-Voronja cave system in Georgia. It is one of the deepest terrestrial animal ever found on Earth, living at >1,800 metres (5,900 ft) below the cave entrance.[1][2] It was discovered in the CAVEX Team expedition of 2010.[3]
| Schaefferia profundissima | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Collembola |
| Order: | Poduromorpha |
| Family: | Hypogastruridae |
| Genus: | Schaefferia |
| Species: | S. profundissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Schaefferia profundissima Jordana & Baquero, 2012
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References
edit- ^ Jordana, R.; Baquero, E.; Reboleira, S.; Sendra, A. (2012), "Reviews of the genera Schaefferia Absolon, 1900, Deuteraphorura Absolon, 1901, Plutomurus Yosii, 1956 and the Anurida Laboulbène, 1865 species group without eyes, with the description of four new species of cave springtails (Collembola) from Krubera-Voronya cave, Arabika Massif, Abkhazia", Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews, 5, Netherlands: 35–85, doi:10.1163/187498312x622430, hdl:10171/27607
- ^ Sendra, A.; Reboleira, A. S. P. S. (2012), "The world's deepest subterranean community – Krubera–Voronja Cave (Western Caucasus)", International Journal of Speleology, 42 (2), USA: 221–230, doi:10.5038/1827-806x.41.2.9
- ^ CAVEX expedition 2010.