Trachelipus camerani (Tua, 1900)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Trachelipodidae
Genus: Trachelipus

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

SW Balkans, S Italy

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Cave "Polu Tripos", Strouhal 1936a, Strouhal 1936b, Strouhal 1937, Schmalfuss 1979
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Lefkada / Municipality: Lefkada / Closest settlement: Egklouvi

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

DD - Data Deficient

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

PESI

Species references

• Schmalfuss, H. 1979. Revidierte Check-List der Landisopoden (Oniscoidea) Griechenlands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 331: 1-42.
• Strouhal, H. 1936. Die Landasseln der Inseln Korfu, Leukas und Kephalonia. (7. Beitrag zur Landisopodenfauna des Balkans). Acta Inst. Mus. Zool. Univ. Atheniensis, 1: 55-111.
• Strouhal, H. 1936. XVII. Teil. Isopoda terrestria; I.: Ligiidae, Trichoniscidae, Oniscidae, Porcellionidae. In Beier, M. Zoologische Forschungsreise nach den Ionischen Inseln und dem Peloponnes. Publisher. pp. 153-177.
• Strouhal, H. 1937. Isopoda terrestria Aegaei. (10. Beitrag zur Landisopodenfauna des Balkans). Acta Inst. Mus. Zool. Univ. Atheniensis, 1 (9/10): 193-262.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Trachelipus camerani (Tua, 1900). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 17.11.2025, Accessed 21.05.2026