Cave fauna of Greece database

Spilaio Petsi Spilios

Higher Geography: Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Chania,
Municipality: Apokoronas,
Closest Settlement: Kokkino Chorio

Fauna

Hoplopholcus labyrinthi (Kulczynski, 1903), Huber 2020
Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
Lindbergia orbicularis (A. Riedel, 1962), Karakasi et al. 2024
Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Pristilomatidae
Metafruticicola noverca (L. Pfeiffer, 1853), Karakasi et al. 2024
Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Hygromiidae
Plusiocampa hoffmanni Sendra & Paragamian, 2020, Sendra et al. 2020a
Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Entognatha / Order: Diplura / Family: Campodeidae
Schistophallus spratti (Westerlund, 1892), Karakasi et al. 2024
Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae

Species references

Huber B.A. 2020. Revision of the spider genus Hoplopholcus Kulczyński (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zootaxa 4726:1–94.
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
Sendra A., Antić D., Barranco P., Borko Š., Christian E., Delić T., Fadrique F., Faille A., Galli L., Gasparo F., Georgiev D., Giachino P.M., Kováč L., Lukić M., Marcia P., Miculinić K., Nicolosi G., Palero F., Paragamian K., Pérez T., Polak S., Prieto C. 2020. Flourishing in subterranean ecosystems: Euro-Mediterranean Plusiocampinae and tachycampoids (Diplura, Campodeidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 591: 1–138. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.591

Citation: Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Petsi Spilios, Kokkino Chorio, Apokoronas, Kriti. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 15.02.2024, Accessed 18.04.2026