Trichoniscus pusillus Brandt, 1833

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

No data

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Peristeri, Dimitriou & Sfenthourakis 2022
  Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Nisoi Attikis / Municipality: Troizinia / Closest settlement: Methana
• Spilaio Peramatos, Dimitriou & Sfenthourakis 2022, Dimitriou & Sfenthourakis 2022
  Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Ioannina / Closest settlement: Perama

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

• Dimitriou CA , Sfenthourakis S. 2022. An all-inclusive approach: A universal protocol for the successful amplification of four genetic loci of all Onscidea. MethodsX (2022), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2022.101762

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Trichoniscus pusillus Brandt, 1833. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 23.06.2022, Accessed 02.05.2026