Spilaio Lentaka Trypa

Higher Geography
Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Chania,
Municipality: Apokoronas,
Closest Settlement: Melidoni
Cave Synonyms
Höhle Lendarà
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • Archaeological Site - Ministerial Decision 21220/10-8-1967 (OGG 527/Β/24-8-1967)
Fauna
  • Lindholmiola barbata (A. Férussac, 1821), Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Helicodontidae
  • Metafruticicola noverca (L. Pfeiffer, 1853), Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Hygromiidae
  • Schistophallus spratti (Westerlund, 1892), Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae
  • Serradium sbordonii Strasser, 1976, Strasser 1976, Enghoff et al. 2001, Felesaki et al. 2010, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Polydesmida / Family: Polydesmidae
  • Trachelipus cavaticus Schmalfuss, Paragamian & Sfenthourakis, 2004, Dimitriou & Sfenthourakis 2022
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trachelipodidae
Cave references
  • Faure, P. 1962. 15 gottes explorees en Crete en 1961. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 6:19–21.
  • Platakis, E. 1963. Caves of Apokoronas, Kriti. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 7:47–55.
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Dimitriou CA , Sfenthourakis S. 2022. An all-inclusive approach: A universal protocol for the successful amplification of four genetic loci of all Onscidea. MethodsX (2022), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2022.101762
  • Enghoff, H., Caoduro, G., Adis, J. & Messner, B. 2001. A new cavernicolous, semiaquatic species of Serradium (Diplopoda, Polydesmidae) and its terrestrial, sympatric congener. With notes on the genus Serradium. Zoologica Scripta, 26 (3): 279-290.
  • Felesaki, I., Stoev, P., Simaiakis, S. & Mylonas, M. 2010. A catalogue of the millipedes of Crete (Myriapoda: Diplopoda). Natura Montenegrina, 9 (3): 357-368.
  • 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
  • Strasser, K. 1976. Über Diplopoda-Chilognatha Griechenlands II. Rev. suisse Zool., 83 (3): 579-645.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Lentaka Trypa, Melidoni, 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 10.02.2026, Accessed 18.04.2026