Schaefferia profundissima

Schaefferia profundissima is a species of springtail (arthropods) endemic to the Krubera-Voronja cave system in Georgia. It is one of the deepest terrestrial animal ever found on Earth, living at >1,800 metres (5,900 ft) below the cave entrance.^[1][2] It was discovered in the CAVEX Team expedition of 2010.^[3]

Schaefferia profundissima
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Collembola
Order:	Poduromorpha
Family:	Hypogastruridae
Genus:	Schaefferia
Species:	S. profundissima
Binomial name
Schaefferia profundissima Jordana & Baquero, 2012

References

1. Jordana, R.; Baquero, E.; Reboleira, S.; Sendra, A. (2012), "Reviews of the genera Schaefferia Absolon, 1900, Deuteraphorura Absolon, 1901, Plutomurus Yosii, 1956 and the Anurida Laboulbène, 1865 species group without eyes, with the description of four new species of cave springtails (Collembola) from Krubera-Voronya cave, Arabika Massif, Abkhazia", Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews, 5, Netherlands: 35–85, doi:10.1163/187498312x622430, hdl:10171/27607
2. Sendra, A.; Reboleira, A. S. P. S. (2012), "The world's deepest subterranean community – Krubera–Voronja Cave (Western Caucasus)", International Journal of Speleology, 42 (2), USA: 221–230, doi:10.5038/1827-806x.41.2.9
3. CAVEX expedition 2010.