65.9 - Hyporheic interstitial biocenoses

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Rhythrostygal (potamostygal) communities of stygobiont organisms, mostly fresh-water mites and small crustaceans, occupying interstitial water in sand and gravel sediments accompanying running water courses.

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Orghidan, 1955, 1959; Botosaneanu, 1986; Schembri, 1989: 75; Tvrtkovic, 1996; Leiner, 1996.