Tethysbaena argentarii (Stella, 1951)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Thermosbaenacea
Family: Monodellidae
Genus: Tethysbaena

Characterisation

Stygophile

Distribution

Italy, Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Alepotrypa, Rouch 1964, Bou 1975, Wagner 1994, Beron 2016
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou
• Spilaio Glyfadas Dirou, Rouch 1964, Bou 1975, Wagner 1994, Beron 2016
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou

Comments

Synonymy: Monodella argentarii Stella, 1951. Wagner (1994) notes that most probably the specimens collected from Alepotrypa (Rouch 1974) and Glyfada cave (Rouch 1964, Bou 1975) belong to the species Tethysbaena aiakos Wagner, 1994.

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. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Bou, C. 1975. Recherches sur la faune des eaux souterraines de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 6 (1): 101-115.
• Rouch, R. 1964. Contribution à la connaissance du genre Monodella (Thermosbaenacés).. Ann. Spéléol., 19(4): 717-727 [dated 1964, issued 25 March 1965].
• Wagner, H.P. 1994. A monographic review of the Thermosbaenacea (Crustacea: Peracarida). A study on their morphology, taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography.. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 291 (1):1–338.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Tethysbaena argentarii (Stella, 1951). 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 18.04.2026