Classification
Species

Niphargus glenniei

Niphargus glenniei was first observed on 19th April 1948 in Pridhamsleigh Cave, near Buckfastleigh, Devon by Brigadier E.A. Glennie of the Cave Research Group, in company with Mary Hazleton, who actually captured the first specimen. G.M. Spooner, of the Plymouth Marine Laboratory examined these first specimens and described them as a new species (Spooner, 1952) named after Glennie himself.