Spilaio Kalamato

Higher Geography
Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Chania,
Municipality: Apokoronas,
Closest Settlement: Vafes
Cave Synonyms
Spilaio Kafato
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • Archaeological Site - Ministerial Decision 21220/10-8-1967 (OGG 527/Β/24-8-1967)
Fauna
  • Alabidocarpus megalonyx (Trouessart, 1895), Beron 1974
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Sarcoptiformes / Family: Listophoridae
  • Eyndhovenia euryalis (Canestrini, 1884), Beron 1970, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Mesostigmata / Family: Spinturnicidae
  • Monocyphoniscus bulgaricus (Strouhal, 1939), Schmalfuss et al. 2004
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae
  • Neomyobia rollinati (Poppe, 1908), Beron 1970, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Prostigmata / Family: Myobiidae
  • Paraperiglischrus rhinolophinus (C.L. Koch, 1841), Beron 1970, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Mesostigmata / Family: Spinturnicidae
  • Porcellio dilatatus Brandt, 1833, Vandel 1968, Schmalfuss 1972b, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Porcellionidae
  • Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774), Beron 1970, Benda et al. 2009, Beron 2016, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Rhinolophus hipposideros (André, 1797), Benda et al. 2009, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Trichoniscus lindbergi Vandel, 1958, Vandel 1968, Schmalfuss 1979, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae
Cave references
  • Platakis, E. 1963. Caves of Apokoronas, Kriti. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 7:47–55.
Species references
  • Benda, P., Georgiakakis, P., Dietz, C., Hanak, V., Galanaki, K., Markantonatou, V., Chudarkova, A., Hulva, P. & Horacek, I. 2009. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 7. The bat fauna of Crete, Greece. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 72 (3-4): 105-190.
  • Beron, P. 1970. Sur quelques Acariens (Myobiidae, Psorergatidae, Spinturnicidae, Sarcoptidae et Listrophoroidae) de Bulgarie et de l΄ ile de Crete. Bull. Inst. Zool. Mus. Sofia, 32: 143-149.
  • Beron, P. 1974. Données nouvelles sur les Acariens parasites des mammifères en Bulgarie, en Yougoslavie, en Turquie et aux îles de Corse et de Crète. Bull. Inst. Zool. Mus. Sofia, 40: 59-69.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Georgiakakis P, Kafkaletou Diez A, Salvarina I, Benda P, Billington G, Dietz C, Billington J, Cove D, Davison S, Cooke M, Papadatou E. 2023. The Bats of Greece: An Updated Review of Their Distribution, Ecology and Conservation. Animals. 2023; 13(15):2529. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13152529
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1972. Die Isopoden von Kreta. Biol. gallo-hellen., 4 (1): 33-60.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1979. Revidierte Check-List der Landisopoden (Oniscoidea) Griechenlands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 331: 1-42.
  • 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.
  • Vandel, A. 1968. Description d΄ un nouveau représentant de genre Cordioniscus (Crustacés, Isopoda, Oniscoidea, Styloniscidae) suivie de considérations sur les voies de migration de certains lignées d΄ Isopodes terrestres. Ann. Speleol., 23 (3): 621-632.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Kalamato, Vafes, 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 20.04.2018, Accessed 09.10.2025