Spilaio Daimonospilios

Higher Geography
Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Chania,
Municipality: Platanias,
Closest Settlement: Lakkoi
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR4340008 - Lefka Ori and Paraktia Zoni (Special Area of Conservation): Law 3937/2011 (OGG/Α 60/31.03.2011), Joint Ministerial Decision 50743/2017 (OGG 4432/B/15.12.17). Check site’s Standard Data Form
  • GR4340014 - Ethnikos Drymos Samarias - Farangi Trypitis - Psilafi - Koustogerako (Special Protection Area): Law 3937/2011 (OGG/Α 60/31.03.2011), Joint Ministerial Decision 50743/2017 (OGG 4432/B/15.12.17). Check site’s Standard Data Form
  • K734 - Lefka Ori Anatolikou Selinou kai Sfakion [Wildlife Refuge]: OGG 235/Δ/2009
Fauna
  • Niphargobatoides lefkodemonaki (Sket, 1990), Sket 1990, Beron 2016, Karaman 2016, Zettler & Zettler 2017, Ntakis et al. 2020
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Amphipoda / Family: Niphargidae
Cave references
  • Paragamian, K. 1989. Greek-Yugoslav speleological and biospeleological expedition in Kriti. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 19:241–244.
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Karaman, G. S. 2016. Two New Genera of the Family Niphargidae from Greece (Contribution to the Knowledge of the Amphipoda 287). Agriculture and Forestry, 62 (1): 7-27.
  • Ntakis A, Karaouzas I, Fišer C & Stoch F. 2020. An annotated checklist of the Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of Greece. . Zootaxa, 4772(3), 517–544. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4772.3.5
  • Sket, B. 1990. Is Niphargobates lefkodemonaki sp. n. (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Kriti (Greece) a Zoogeographical Enigma?. Zool. Jb. Syst., 117: 1-10.
  • Zettler, M., Zettler, A. 2017. A new species of Niphargus (Amphipoda, Niphargidae) from Crete (Greece). Crustaceana 90:1415–1426.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Daimonospilios, Lakkoi, Platanias, Kriti. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 10.02.2026, Accessed 18.04.2026