Trichoniscus chasmatophilus Strouhal, 1936

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Trichoniscidae
Genus: Trichoniscus

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Cave "Polu Tripos"
Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Lefkada / Municipality: Lefkada / Closest settlement: Egklouvi

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Cave "Polu Tripos", Strouhal 1936a, Strouhal 1936b, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Lefkada / Municipality: Lefkada / Closest settlement: Egklouvi

Comments

Endemic to Lefkada island.

IUCN Red List

DD - Data Deficient

Greece's Red Data Book

DD - Data Deficient

Protection status

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

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

IUCN Red List

PESI

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• 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.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Trichoniscus chasmatophilus Strouhal, 1936. 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 02.05.2026