Spilaio Valiari

Higher Geography

Region: Peloponnisos,
Sub-Region: Lakonia,
Municipality: Anatoliki Mani,
Closest Settlement: Areopoli

Cave type

Natural

Protection status

• GR2540008 - Notia Mani (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

• Dolichopoda unicolor Chopard, 1964, Lindberg 1955d
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Orthoptera / Family: Rhaphidophoridae
• Eucyclops serrulatus (Fischer, 1851), Lindberg 1953a, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
  Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Hexanauplia / Order: Cyclopoida / Family: Cyclopidae

Cave references

• Lindberg ,K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Macedonici Sci. Nat. 3(2):41-69.

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Lindberg, K. 1953. Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) de la Grèce. Prak. hellen. hydrobiol. Inst., 6 (2): 19-40.
• Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Valiari, Areopoli, Anatoliki Mani, Peloponnisos. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 31.01.2018, Accessed 07.07.2026