Diacyclops zschokkei (Graeter, 1910)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Hexanauplia
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Cyclopidae
Genus: Diacyclops

Characterisation

Stygophile

Distribution

Palaearctic

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Drakoneras, Lindberg 1955b, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
  Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Marathonas / Closest settlement: Kato Souli
• Spilaio Agiou Nikolaou, Lindberg 1955b, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016, Cerasoli et al. 2025
  Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Kastoria / Municipality: Kastoria / Closest settlement: Kastoria
• Spilaio Drakou, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016, Cerasoli et al. 2025
  Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Kastoria / Municipality: Kastoria / Closest settlement: Kastoria

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.
• Cerasoli F, Fiasca B, Di Cicco M, Galmarini E, Vaccarelli I, Mammola S, Malard F, Stoch F, Galassi DMP 2025. EGCop: An Expert-Curated Occurrence Dataset of European Groundwater-Dwelling Copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda). Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34: e13953. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13953
• Lindberg, K. 1955. Cyclopides (Crustacés copépodes) de la Grèce II. Fragm. Balc., Skopje, 1 (23): 189-195.
• Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Diacyclops zschokkei (Graeter, 1910). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 13.02.2025, Accessed 03.05.2026