Spilaio Kyklopa

Higher Geography
Region: Thessalia,
Sub-Region: Magnisia,
Municipality: Alonnisos,
Closest Settlement: Gioura island
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • Archaeological Site - Ministerial Decision 23181/12-9-1969 (OGG 653/Β/6-10-1969)
  • GR1430004 - Ethniko Thalassio Parko Alonnisou - Voreion Sporadon, Anatoliki Skopelos (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
  • GR1430005 - Nisia Kyra Panagia, Piperi, Psathoura and Gyro Nisides Agios Georgios, Nisoi Adelfoi, Lechousa, Gaidouronisia (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
  • Alpioniscus giurensis Schmalfuss, 1981, Schmalfuss 1981, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae
  • Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804), Schmalfuss 1981
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Armadillidiidae
  • Buddelundiella sporadica Schmalfuss, 1981, Schmalfuss 1981, Alexiou & Sfenthourakis 2013, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Buddelundiellidae
  • Euscorpius sp., Schmalfuss 1981, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Scorpiones / Family: Euscorpiidae
  • Graeconiscus liebegotti Schmalfuss, 1981, Schmalfuss 1981, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trichoniscidae
  • Mediterranea mylonasi (A. Riedel, 1983), Riedel 1992, Riedel 1996, Beron 2016, Karakasi et al. 2024
    Phylum: Mollusca / Class: Gastropoda / Order: Stylommatophora / Family: Oxychilidae
  • Roncus liebegotti Schawaller, 1981, Schawaller 1981, Schawaller 1985, Harvey 1991, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Arachnida / Order: Pseudoscorpionida / Family: Neobisiidae
  • Trachelipus aegaeus (Verhoeff, 1907), Schmalfuss 1981, Beron 2016
    Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Malacostraca / Order: Isopoda / Family: Trachelipodidae
Species references
  • Alexiou, S. & Sfenthourakis, S. 2013. The terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Greece. Parnassiana Archives, 1: 3-50.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Harvey, M.S. 1991. Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida.. Manchester University Press, 726 pp.
  • 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
  • Riedel, A. 1992. The Zonitidae (sensu lato) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of Greece. Fauna Graeciae V. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 194.
  • Riedel, A. 1996. Die in West-Paläarktis unterirdisch lebenden Zonitidae sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Fragm. faun., 39 (24): 363-390.
  • Schawaller, W. 1981. Eine neue troglobionte Roncus - Art und weitere Pseudoskorpione von den Nördlichen Sporaden (Ägäis) (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 344: 1-9.
  • Schawaller, W. 1985. Liste griechischer Neobisiidae mit neuen Höhlenfunden in Epirus, auf Samos und Kreta (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones). Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 386: 1-8.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1981. Die Isopoden der Nördlichen Sporaden (Ägäis). Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 334: 1-24.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Kyklopa, Gioura island, Alonnisos, Thessalia. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 08.01.2019, Accessed 18.04.2026