Bogidiella cerberus Bou & Ruffo, 1979

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Bogidiellidae
Genus: Bogidiella

Characterisation

Stygobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Alepotrypa
Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Alepotrypa, Bou 1975, Bou & Ruffo 1979, Koenemann & Holsinger 1999, Beron 2016, Navarro-Barranco et al. 2023
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

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.
• Bou, C. & Ruffo, S. 1979. Contributo alla conoscentza delle Bogidiella di Grecia. Natura, Milano, 70 (4): 295-309.
• Bou, C. 1975. Recherches sur la faune des eaux souterraines de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 6 (1): 101-115.
• Koenemann, S. & Holsinger, J. R. 1999. Phylogenetic analysis of the amphipod family Bogidiellidae s. lat., and revision of taxa above the species level. Crustaceana, 72 (8): 781-816.
• Navarro-Barranco C, Martínez A, Sempere-Valverde J, Chebaane S, Digenis M, Plaitis W, Voultsiadou E, Gerovasileiou V. 2023. Amphipods in Mediterranean Marine and Anchialine Caves: New Data and Overview of Existing Knowledge. Diversity, 15(12):1180. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15121180

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Bogidiella cerberus Bou & Ruffo, 1979. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 25.09.2019, Accessed 19.04.2026