Varathro Kynigotafkos

Higher Geography

Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Irakleio,
Municipality: Malevizi,
Closest Settlement: Gonies

Cave type

Natural

Protection status

• GR4330005 - Oros Idi (Vorizia, Geranoi, Kali Madara) (Special Area of Conservation): Law 3937/2011 (OGG/Α 60/31.03.2011), Joint Ministerial Decision 50743/2017 (OGG 4432/B/15.12.17). Check site’s Standard Data Form

Fauna

• 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

Cave references

• Paragamian, K. 1992. Two potholes at Gonies, Malevizi, Kriti: “Kynigotafkos” and “Skararolithos”. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 20:172–177.

Species references

• 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 Varathro Kynigotafkos, Gonies, 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 03.04.2021, Accessed 18.04.2026