Enchytronia hellenica Dumnicka, 1979

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Order: Enchytraeida
Family: Enchytraeidae
Genus: Enchytronia
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Varathro Provatina
Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Zagori / Closest settlement: Papigko
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Varathro Provatina, Dumnicka 1979
    Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Zagori / Closest settlement: Papigko
Comments

Only known from the type locality.

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
Species references
  • Dumnicka, E. 1979. Remarks on invertebrate fauna of the cave Provatina (Greece) with a description of a new species of the family Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta). Bull. Acad. Polon. Sci., 27 (12): 1041-1046.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Enchytronia hellenica Dumnicka, 1979. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.05.2021, Accessed 18.04.2026