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THE species of the syncarid family Bathynellidae are typical representatives of the subterranean freshwater fauna. There are three known genera, Bathynella from Europe, Parabathynella from Europe, Madagascar, Malaya and Japan, and Thermobathynella with the species adami Capart from the Belgian Congo and leleupi Deboutteville and Chappuis from Lake Tanganyika1,2.
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GERLACH, S., SIEWING, R. A Bathynellid from the New World. Nature 177, 289 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177289a0
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