The Subterranean Fauna of Križna Jama, Slovenia
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...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5fdbffd0a86c4106a0e90ac36733e0322023-11-21T19:53:16ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182021-05-0113521010.3390/d13050210The Subterranean Fauna of Križna Jama, SloveniaSlavko Polak0Tanja Pipan1Notranjska Museum Postojna, Zavod Znanje Postojna, Kolodvorska Cesta 3, SI-6230 Postojna, SloveniaResearch Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts, Karst Research Institute, Novi trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, SloveniaThe 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.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/5/210cavesKrižna jamabiospeleologysubterranean biodiversityhotspotstroglobiont |
| spellingShingle | Slavko Polak Tanja Pipan The Subterranean Fauna of Križna Jama, Slovenia Diversity caves Križna jama biospeleology subterranean biodiversity hotspots troglobiont |
| title | The Subterranean Fauna of Križna Jama, Slovenia |
| title_full | The Subterranean Fauna of Križna Jama, Slovenia |
| title_fullStr | The Subterranean Fauna of Križna Jama, Slovenia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Subterranean Fauna of Križna Jama, Slovenia |
| title_short | The Subterranean Fauna of Križna Jama, Slovenia |
| title_sort | subterranean fauna of krizna jama slovenia |
| topic | caves Križna jama biospeleology subterranean biodiversity hotspots troglobiont |
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