Spilaio Stylokamara

Higher Geography
Region: Notio Aigaio,
Sub-Region: Karpathos,
Municipality: Kasos,
Closest Settlement: Agia Marina
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR4210001 - Kasos and Kasonisia - Evryteri Thalassia Periochi (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
  • GR4210028 - Nisos Kasos and Symplegma Kasonision (Special Protection Area): 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
  • Amaurobius sp., Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Amaurobiidae
  • Callobius sp., Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Amaurobiidae
  • Chaetophiloscia cellaria (Dollfus, 1884), Schmalfuss 1990, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Philosciidae
  • Dysdera sp., Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Dysderidae
  • Eurygyrus oertzeni (Verhoeff, 1901), Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Callipodida / Family: Schizopetalidae
  • Euscorpius vignai Tropea, Fet, Parmakelis, Kotsakiozi & Stathi, 2014, Tropea et al. 2014, Kovařik & Beron 2015, Beron 2016, Fet 2000
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Scorpiones / Family: Euscorpiidae
  • Hoplopholcus minous Senglet, 1971, Naumova et al. 2016, Huber 2020
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
  • Libanonethes probosciferus Vandel, 1955, Schmalfuss 1999, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae
  • Lindbergia stylokamarae A. Riedel, 1981, Riedel 1981b, Riedel 1996, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Pristilomatidae
  • Minotauria sp., Deeleman-Reinhold 1989, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Dysderidae
  • Orculella exaggerata (Fuchs & Käufel, 1936), Gittenberger and Hausdorf 2004, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Pulmonata / Family: Orculidae
  • Pholcus opilionoides (Schrank, 1781), Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Pholcidae
  • Phyxelida anatolica Griswold, 1990, Naumova et al. 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Araneae / Family: Phyxelidae
  • Polydesmus graecus Daday, 1889, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Diplopoda / Order: Polydesmida / Family: Polydesmidae
  • Protoiurus sp., Soleglad et al. 2012, Kovařik & Beron 2015, Beron 2016, Fet 2000
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Scorpiones / Family: Iuridae
Cave references
  • Rathgeber, T., Jantschke, H. 2005. Cave Explorations on the Islands of Kárpathos and Kásos (South Aegean, Greece). Proceedings of the 14th International Congress of Speleology Athens-Kalamos 166-170.
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. 1989. Rhodera n. gen., hypogea n. sp., Araignée microphtalme de l΄ île de Crète, un Fossile Vivant? (Araneae: Dysderidae: Dysderinae). Mem. Biospeol., 16: 47-51.
  • Fet, V. 2e3. Scorpions (Arachnida, Scorpiones) from the Balkan Peninsula in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia. Hist. Nat. Bulg., 11: 47-60.
  • Gittenberger E and Hausdorf B 2004. The Orculella species of the South Aegean island arc, a neglected radiation (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Orculidae). BASTERIA 68: 93–124
  • 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
  • Kovařik, F. & Beron, P. 2015. A checklist of the scorpions (Arachnida , Scorpiones) in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History (Sofia). Hist. Nat. Bulg., 22: 37-44.
  • Naumova, M., Lazarov, S., Petrov, B. & Deltshev, C. 2016. New faunistic data on the cave-dwelling spiders in the Balkan Peninsula (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina, 7: 425-438.
  • Riedel, A. 1981. Eine neue unterirdische Lindbergia - Art von der Insel Kasos, Griechenland (Gastropoda, Zonitidae). Ann. Zool. (Wars.), 36 (16): 281-287.
  • Riedel, A. 1996. Die in West-Paläarktis unterirdisch lebenden Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Fragm. faun., 39 (24): 363-390.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1990. Die Landisopoden (Oniscidea) Griechenlands. 11. Beitrag: Gattung Chaetophiloscia (Philosciidae). Rev. suisse Zool., 97 (1): 169-193.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1999. Terrestrial isopod records from Greek islands. Newsletter of the Hellenic zoological Society
  • Soleglad, M. E., Fet, V., Kovařík, F. & Yağmur, E. A. 2012. Etudes on Iurids, V. Further Revision of Iurus Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Iuridae), with a Description of a New Genus and Two New Species. Euscorpius, 143: 1-70.
  • Tropea, G., Fet, V., Parmakelis, A., Kotsakiozi, P. & Stathi, I. 2014. Three New Species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from Greece. Euscorpius (190): 1-22.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Stylokamara, Agia Marina, Kasos, Notio Aigaio. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 10.07.2023, Accessed 19.04.2026