Dendrobaena byblica (Rosa, 1893)

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Mediterranean

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Cave NW of Naousa, Černosvitov 1938a, Černosvitov 1939
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
• Spilaio Paparadon, Beron 2016
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
• Spilaio Za, Szederjesi 2015, Szederjesi et al. 2017
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Naxos / Municipality: Naxos & Mikres Kyklades / Closest settlement: Filoti

Comments

Synonym: Dendrobaena ganglbaueri (Rosa, 1894)

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. Zur Kenntnis der Oligochaetenfauna des Balkans. VI. Oligohaeten aus Griechenland. Zool. Anz., 123: 192-200.
• Černosvitov, L. 1939. Etudes biospéologiques. X. Catalogue des Oligochètes hypogés.. Mus. Roy. Hist, nat. de Belgique 15(22): 1-92
• Szederjesi, T. 2015. New earthworm records from various parts of Greece (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae, Acanthodrilidae, Megascolecidae, Ocnerodrilidae). Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 46 (2): 143-152.
• Szederjesi, T., Vavoulidou, E., Chalkia, C., Dányi, L. & Csuzdi, C. 2017. An annotated checklist of earthworms of Greece (Clitellata: Megadrili). Zootaxa, 4272 (1): 57-82.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Dendrobaena byblica (Rosa, 1893). 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