Spilaio Kato Peristeras

Higher Geography
Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Lasithi,
Municipality: Siteia,
Closest Settlement: Karydi
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • Archaeological Site - Ministerial Decision 24456/1834 PE/5-5-1976 (OGG 699/Β/26-5-1976)
Fauna
  • Hoplopholcus minotaurinus Senglet, 1971, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
  • Lepthyphantes brignolianus Deltshev, 1979, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Linyphiidae
  • Mediterranea amaltheae (A. Riedel & Subai, 1982), Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae
  • Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763), Bosmans et al. 2013
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Tetragnathidae
  • Tegenaria parietina (Fourcroy, 1785), Bosmans et al. 2013
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Agelenidae
  • Tenuiphantes tenuis (Blackwall, 1852), Bosmans et al. 2013
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Linyphiidae
Cave references
  • Petrocheilou, A. 1970. The cave “Peristeras” of Karydi, Siteia, Kriti (CRNr 260). Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce 10:50–54.
  • Platakis, E. 1964. Speleological researches at Siteia. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce
  • Platakis, E. 1979. The caves of Siteia. Amaltheia 51–56.
Species references
  • 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.
  • 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. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Kato Peristeras, Karydi, Siteia, 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 07.03.2026