The Subterranean Fauna of Križna Jama, Slovenia

Author

Slavko Polak
Tanja Pipan

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Publication Date

5-15-2021

Publication Title

Diversity

Volume Number

13

Issue Number

5

Abstract

The karstic cave Križna jama in the South Western part of Slovenia is one of the largest, well known and most beautiful Slovene water caves. The cave consists of more than 8 km of corridors with impressive halls, colossal dripstone formations, a subterranean river and numerous lakes. Considering the subterranean fauna, Križna jama has been identified amongst the richest caves in the world. So far, 60 troglobionts, the obligate subterranean species among them 32 aquatic and 28 terrestrial taxa have been recorded and documented. Križna jama has scientific importance, as well as ten subterranean taxa, which have been described based on specimens from this cave. Despite Križna jama is relatively well-studied, new recent unexpected findings are promising. Thus, further discoveries of specialized subterranean species in the cave are expected.

Document Type

Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.3390/d13050210

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Polak, Slavko and Pipan, Tanja, "The Subterranean Fauna of Križna Jama, Slovenia" (2021). KIP Articles. 9901.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/9901