Spilaio Achnistres

Higher Geography

Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Lasithi,
Municipality: Agios Nikolaos,
Closest Settlement: Pines

Cave type

Natural

Fauna

• Schizidium perplexum (Vandel, 1958), Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Armadillidiidae

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Schmalfuss, H., Paragamian, K. & Sfenthourakis, S. 2004. The terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Crete and the surrounding islands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 662: 1-74.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2025. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Achnistres, Pines, Agios Nikolaos, Kriti. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 31.01.2018, Accessed 28.10.2025