Maraenobiotus brucei (Richard, 1898)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Hexanauplia
Order: Harpacticoida
Family: Canthocamptidae
Genus: Maraenobiotus

Characterisation

Stygophile

Distribution

Holarctic

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Peramatos, Lindberg 1953a, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
  Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Ioannina / Closest settlement: Perama
• Spilaio Pelade, Chappuis 1955, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Serres / Closest settlement: Oinousa
• Spilaio Fantaxospiliara, Chappuis 1956
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Rethymno / Closest settlement: Prinos

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.
• Chappuis, P. A. 1955. Notes sur le Copépodes. 18. Un nouveaux Harpacticoides des Pyrénées. 19. Harpacticoides cavernicoles de Grèce, 20. Copépodes Haparcticoides des Iles Pacifique. Notes Biospeol., 10 (1): 89-101.
• Chappuis, P. A. 1956. Harpacticoides récoltes en Crète par M. K. Lindberg. Folia Balcanica, 1 (3): 15-18.
• Lindberg, K. 1953. Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) de la Grèce. Prak. hellen. hydrobiol. Inst., 6 (2): 19-40.
• Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Maraenobiotus brucei (Richard, 1898). 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 19.04.2026