Asellus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Asellidae
Genus: Asellus

Characterisation

Stygophile

Distribution

Palaearctic

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis I, Beron 1985, Di Russo & Rampini 2001, Verovnik et al. 2005, Gasparo 2009, Sworobowicz et al. 2015, Beron 2016, Lips 2018
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Kamari

Comments

Accepted as Asellus (Asellus) aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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. 1985. On the cave fauna of the Greek islands of Sandorin and Iraklia, with preliminary description of a new pseudoscorpion. Grottes Bulgares, 3: 64-71.
• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Di Russo, C. & Rampini, M. 2001. The Zoodochos cave in Santorini Island. Mem. Biospeol., 55: 201-202.
• Gasparo, F. 2009. La Grotta di Zoodochos Pigi a Santorini (Cicladi, Grecia) e la sua fauna. Progressione, 55 (1/2): 102-105.
• Lips B 2018. Expédition biospéologique dans l’île de Santorin (Grèce). Echo des Vulcains, 75: 28-39
• Sworobowicz L, Grabowski M, Mamos T, Bursynski A, Kilikowska A, Sell J, Wysocka A. 2015. Revisiting the phylogeography of Asellus aquaticus in Europe: insights into cryptic diversity and spatiotemporal diversification. Freshwater Biology 60:1824–1840
• Verovnik, R., Sket, B. & Trontelj, P. 2005. The colonization of Europe by the freshwater crustacean Asellus aquaticus (Crustacea: Isopoda) proceeded from rancient refugia and was directed by habitat connectivity.. Molecular Ecology, 14:4355–4369.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Asellus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 18.02.2020, Accessed 24.08.2026