Five million years in the darkness: A new troglomorphic species of Cryptops Leach, 1814 (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) from Movile Cave, Romania
A new species of Cryptops Leach, 1814, C. speleorex sp. nov., is described from Movile Cave, Dobrogea, Romania. The cave is remarkable for its unique ecosystem entirely dependent on methane- and sulfur-oxidising bacteria. Until now, the cave was thought to be inhabited by the epigean...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2020-12-01
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| Series: | ZooKeys |
| Online Access: | https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/58537/download/pdf/ |