Varathro Anonymi Latsida Gerakiou

Higher Geography

Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Irakleio,
Municipality: Minoa Pediadas,
Closest Settlement: Geraki

Cave type

Natural

Fauna

• Eopolita protensa (A. Férussac, 1832), Karakasi et al. 2024
  Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae
• Hoplopholcus labyrinthi (Kulczynski, 1903), Huber 2020
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
• Pleurodiscus sudensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846), Karakasi et al. 2024
  Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Pleurodiscidae

Species references

• Huber B.A. 2020. Revision of the spider genus Hoplopholcus Kulczyński (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zootaxa 4726:1–94.
• 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

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2025. Fauna of the cave Varathro Anonymi Latsida Gerakiou, Geraki, Minoa Pediadas, Kriti. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 24.01.2020, Accessed 28.10.2025