Spilaio Spiliara Almyrou

Higher Geography
Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Irakleio,
Municipality: Malevizi,
Closest Settlement: Gazi
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • K705 - Almyros potamos – Keri Dimon Gaziou kai Tylissou [Wildlife Refuge]: OGG 680/Β/2002
Fauna
  • Armadillidium granulatum Brandt, 1833, Schmalfuss 1972b, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Armadillidiidae
  • Armadillo officinalis Duméril, 1816, Schmalfuss 1972b
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Armadillidae
  • Chthonius sp., Mahnert 1979, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Chthoniidae
  • Eucyclops serrulatus (Fischer, 1851), Lindberg 1956, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae
  • Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820), Lindberg 1956, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae
  • Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763), Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Gasparo 2006, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Tetragnathidae
  • Nitokra platypus Daday, 1906, Chappuis 1956, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Harpacticoida / Family: Ameiridae
  • Tegenaria ariadnae Brignoli, 1984, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Gasparo 2006, Bolzern 2010, Bolzern et al. 2013, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
  • Tegenaria dalmatica Kulczyński, 1906, Gasparo 2006, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
  • Tegenaria pagana C.L. Koch, 1840, Gasparo 2006, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
Cave references
  • Brunet, P. 1994. Le massif de l’ Ida. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 21:40–48.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de l΄ île de Crète. Fragm. balc. Skopje 1(19):165-174.
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Bolzern, A. 2010. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Tegenaria- Malthonica -complex (Araneae, Agelenidae), using morphological and molecular data.. PHD Thesis. Faculty of Science, University of Basel, Switzerland, 292pp
  • Bolzern, A., Burckhardt, D. & Hänggi, A. 2013. Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria-Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data. Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 168 (4): 723-848.
  • 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. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Considérations zoogéographiques sur les Araignées cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 8: 223-236.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1984. Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 91 (2): 281-321.
  • Chappuis, P. A. 1956. Harpacticoides récoltes en Crète par M. K. Lindberg. Folia Balcanica, 1 (3): 15-18.
  • Gasparo, F. 2006. Indagini faunistiche nelle grotte delle isole di Creta e Lesbos (Grecia). Progressione, 52 (1/2): 58-60.
  • Lindberg, K. 1956. Cyclopides (Crustacés copépodes) de Crète avec un liste de Crustacés divers recueillis dans de lac de Kourna. Acta Mus. Macedonici Sci. Nat., 4 (5): 97-120.
  • Mahnert, V. 1979. Pseudoskorpione (Arachnida) aus Höhlen Griechenlands, insbesondere Kretas. Arch. Sci. Genève, 32 (3): 213-233.
  • 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.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1979. Revidierte Check-List der Landisopoden (Oniscoidea) Griechenlands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 331: 1-42.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Spiliara Almyrou, Gazi, Malevizi, 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 09.03.2026