Cave fauna of Greece database

Spilaio Tou Sfakianou I Trypa

Higher Geography: Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Lasithi,
Municipality: Ierapetra,
Closest Settlement: Kalamafka

Fauna

Hoplopholcus labyrinthi (Kulczynski, 1903), Huber 2020
Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
Mediterranea amaltheae (A. Riedel & Subai, 1982), Karakasi et al. 2024
Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae
Schistophallus minoicus (A. Riedel, 1968), Karakasi et al. 2024
Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae
Schizidium perplexum (Vandel, 1958), Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Armadillidiidae

Cave references

Paragamian, K., Pytikakis M, Nathenas, I. 2006. Speleological researches at Kalamafka, Lasithi, Kriti. In Paragamian, K. and D. Choreftaki. Proceedings of the 2nd Pancretan Speleological Symposium dedicated to the memory of Eleftherios Platakis Irakleio Crete Hellenic Speleological Society, Department of Crete. 99-105.

Species references

Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
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
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.

Citation: Paragamian, K. 2025. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Tou Sfakianou I Trypa, Kalamafka, Ierapetra, Kriti. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 14.02.2024, Accessed 29.10.2025