Spilaio Koumarospilios

Higher Geography
Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Chania,
Municipality: Chania,
Closest Settlement: Chordaki
Cave type
Natural
Fauna
  • Acanthopetalum minotauri (Attems, 1902), Strasser 1974, Felesaki et al. 2010, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Callipodida / Family: Schizopetalidae
  • Agabiformius lentus (Budde-Lund, 1885), Strouhal 1937, Schmalfuss 1972b
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Porcellionidae
  • Allochernes powelli (Kew, 1916), Beier 1931a, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Mahnert 1979, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chernetidae
  • Cretodesmus obliquus Strasser, 1974, Strasser 1974, Felesaki et al. 2010, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Polydesmida / Family: Polydesmidae
  • Euscorpius candiota Birula, 1903, Roewer 1943, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Scorpiones / Family: Euscorpiidae
  • Holocnemus pluchei (Scopoli, 1763), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
  • Pholcus creticus Senglet, 1971, Huber 2012
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
  • Rhinolophus blasii Peters, 1866, Benda et al. 2009, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Rhinolophidae
  • Sulcia cretica Fage, 1945, Fage 1945, Brignoli 1968, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Leptonetidae
Cave references
  • Vasilopoulos, S. 1959. Speleological researches in the region of Chania. To Vouno Greek Mountaineering Club. 4:116–117.
Species references
  • Beier, M. 1931. Pseudoscorpionidea. In Roewer C.Fr. Zoologische Streifzüge in Attika, Morea und besonders auf der Insel Kreta. III. Publisher, Bremen. pp. 91-101.
  • 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. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Bosmans, R. & Chatzaki, M. 2005. A catalogue of the spiders of Greece. A critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Newsletter Belg. Arachn. Soc., 20 (2): 1-124.
  • Bosmans, R., Van Keer, J., Russell-Smith, A., Kronestedt, T., Alderweireldt, M., Bosselaers, J. & De Koninck, H. 2013. Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek Island of Crete. Newsletter Belg. Arachn. Soc., 28 (1): 1-147.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1968. Über griechische Leptonetidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenbergiana biol., 49 (3-4): 259-264.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
  • Fage, L. 1945. A propos de quelques Araignées cavernicoles de Crète. Bull. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 17 (2): 109-114.
  • Felesaki, I., Stoev, P., Simaiakis, S. & Mylonas, M. 2010. A catalogue of the millipedes of Crete (Myriapoda: Diplopoda). Natura Montenegrina, 9 (3): 357-368.
  • 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
  • Huber, Β.A. 2012. An annotated list of the pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) deposited at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris.. Version 2, 25pp, http://www.pholcidae.de/PDFs/Paris_collection_2012.pdf , accessed on 18.2.2018
  • Mahnert, V. 1979. Pseudoskorpione (Arachnida) aus Höhlen Griechenlands, insbesondere Kretas. Arch. Sci. Genève, 32 (3): 213-233.
  • Roewer, C. F. 1943. Über eine neuerworbene Sammlung von Skorpionen des Natur - Museums Senckenberg. Senckenbergiana, 26 (4): 205-244.
  • Roewer, C. F. 1959. Die Araneae, Solifuga und Opiliones der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. K. Lindberg aus Griechenland, Creta, Anatolien, Iran und Indien. Göteborgs kungl. vet. vitterh. Samh. Handl., 8 (4): 3-47.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1972. Die Isopoden von Kreta. Biol. gallo-hellen., 4 (1): 33-60.
  • Strasser, K. 1974. Über Diplopoda-Chilognatha Griechenlands. Rev. suisse Zool., 81 (1): 219-300.
  • Strouhal, H. 1937. Isopoda terrestria Aegaei. (10. Beitrag zur Landisopodenfauna des Balkans). Acta Inst. Mus. Zool. Univ. Atheniensis, 1 (9/10): 193-262.
  • Wolf, B. 1937. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. II. - Cavernarum Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1937). pp. 616.
  • Wolf, B. 1938. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. III. - Animalium Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1938). pp. 918.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Koumarospilios, Chordaki, Chania, 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 07.03.2026