Ligidium germanicum Verhoeff, 1901

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Ligiidae
Genus: Ligidium

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Moldavia and N Greece, Germany and N Italy to S Poland

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Maroneias, Andreev 1986, Beron et al. 2004, Beron 2016
  Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Rodopi / Municipality: Maroneia - Sapes / Closest settlement: Maroneia

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

• Andreev, S. 1986. Contribution a l΄ étude des isopodes terrestres de la Grèce 3. Sur trois nouvelles donnes sur les Isopodes des Genres Cordioniscus, Alpioniscus et Trichoniscus et nouvelles donnes sur les Isopodes terr. (Oniscoidea). Biol. gallo-hellen., 11 (2): 153-164.
• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Beron, P., Petrov, B. & Stoev, P. 2004. The Invertebrate cave fauna of the Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). In Beron, P & A. Popov (eds). A. Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 2. Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist., Sofia, pp. 791-822.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Ligidium germanicum Verhoeff, 1901. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 15.02.2018, Accessed 21.05.2026