Spilaio Agion Anargyron

Higher Geography
Region: Peloponnisos,
Sub-Region: Lakonia,
Municipality: Evrotas,
Closest Settlement: Kountourianika
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR2540002 - Periochi Neapolis kai Nisos Elafonisos (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
Fauna
  • Dolichopoda kofinasi Di Russo & Rampini, 2021, Di Russo et al. 2019, Allegrucci et al. 2021
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
  • Iurus dufoureius (Brullé, 1832), Alexiou & Kofinas 2015
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Scorpiones / Family: Iuridae
  • Pagodulina sp., Reischütz & Reischütz 2003, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Pagodulinidae
Species references
  • Alexiou, S. & Kofinas, G. 2015. Closing the gaps: new remote localities of Iurus dufoureius (Scorpiones: Iuridae) from Peloponnisos, Greece. Parnassiana Archives, 3: 19-24.
  • Allegrucci G, Rampini M, Chimenti C, Alexiou S & Di Russo C. 2021. Dolichopoda cave crickets from Peloponnese (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): molecular and morphological investigations reveal four new species for Greece. The European Zoological Journal, 88(1): 505-524, DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2021.1902005
  • Di Russo, C., Kofinas-Kallergis, G., Alexiou, S. & Rampini, M. 2019. New records of Dolichopoda (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae) from Peloponnisos, Greece. Parnassiana Archives, 4: 55-63
  • Karakasi D, Paragamian K, Mylonas M, Vardinoyannis K 2024. What`s crawling in the dark? An annotated list of gastropods in Greek caves.. Subterranean Biology 48: 73-116. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.48.113383
  • Reischütz A, Reischütz PL. 2003. Reischütz A, Reischütz PL. 2003. Hellenikä pantoia, 3: Die Schönste von allen. Tsoukatosia (Agiosspeleikos) christinae nov . subgen., nov. spec. (Clausiliidae: Pulmonata: Gastropoda). Nachrbl. dtsch. malakol. Ges. 11:1–3
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Agion Anargyron, Kountourianika, Evrotas, Peloponnisos. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 01.04.2021, Accessed 18.04.2026