Serradium sbordonii Strasser, 1976

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Polydesmidae
Genus: Serradium

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Sfentoni Trypa
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Zoniana

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Lentaka Trypa, Strasser 1976, Enghoff et al. 2001, Felesaki et al. 2010, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Melidoni
• Spilaio Sfentoni Trypa, Strasser 1976, Enghoff et al. 2001, Felesaki et al. 2010, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Zoniana

Comments

Only known from two caves in Crete.

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.
• Enghoff, H., Caoduro, G., Adis, J. & Messner, B. 2001. A new cavernicolous, semiaquatic species of Serradium (Diplopoda, Polydesmidae) and its terrestrial, sympatric congener. With notes on the genus Serradium. Zoologica Scripta, 26 (3): 279-290.
• Felesaki, I., Stoev, P., Simaiakis, S. & Mylonas, M. 2010. A catalogue of the millipedes of Crete (Myriapoda: Diplopoda). Natura Montenegrina, 9 (3): 357-368.
• Strasser, K. 1976. Über Diplopoda-Chilognatha Griechenlands II. Rev. suisse Zool., 83 (3): 579-645.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Serradium sbordonii Strasser, 1976. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.05.2021, Accessed 07.07.2026