Spilaio Sta Tigania

Higher Geography

Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Rethymno,
Municipality: Mylopotamos,
Closest Settlement: Avdelas

Cave type

Natural

Fauna

• Hoplopholcus labyrinthi (Kulczynski, 1903), Huber 2020
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
• Schistophallus spratti (Westerlund, 1892), Karakasi et al. 2024
  Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae

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. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Sta Tigania, Avdelas, Mylopotamos, 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 18.04.2026