Eophila grandis (Michaelsen, 1907)

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Bulgaria, Greece, Near East

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Koutouki, Lindberg 1955d, Omodeo 1955, Michalis 1982, Beron 2016
  Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Paiania / Closest settlement: Paiania

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

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
• Michalis, K. 1982. Katalog der Oligochaetenfauna Griechenlands. Biol. gallo-hellen., 9 (2): 343-362.
• Omodeo, P. 1955. Lombrichi cavernicoli di Grecia e Turchia raccolti dal Dr. K. Lindberg. Ann. Inst. Mus. Zool. Univ. Napoli, 7: 1-16.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Eophila grandis (Michaelsen, 1907). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.01.2018, Accessed 18.04.2026