Cave fauna of Greece database

Dendrobaena alpina (Rosa, 1884)

Higher Taxonomy: Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Order: Crassiclitellata
Family: Lumbricidae
Genus: Dendrobaena

Characterisation: Troglophile

Distribution: Europe

Distribution in caves of Greece

Spilaio Idaio Antro, Černosvitov 1938b, Černosvitov 1939, Beron 2016
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Anogeia / Closest settlement: Anogeia

IUCN Red List: NE - Not Evaluated
Greece's Red Data Book: NE - Not Evaluated

Protection status

There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases: Fauna Europea; GBIF; PESI; NCBI

Species references

Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
Černosvitov, L. 1938. Note sur les Oligochètes cavernicoles. Mem. Soc. Zool. Tchecosl., 5: 125-133.
Černosvitov, L. 1939. Etudes biospéologiques. X. Catalogue des Oligochètes hypogés.. Mus. Roy. Hist, nat. de Belgique 15(22): 1-92

Citation: Paragamian, K. 2026. Dendrobaena alpina (Rosa, 1884). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 07.02.2018, Accessed 18.04.2026