Daphnia longispina (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anomopoda
Family: Daphnidae
Genus: Daphnia

Characterisation

Stygophile?

Distribution

Eurasia

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Drakou, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
  Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Kastoria / Municipality: Kastoria / Closest settlement: Kastoria

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.
• Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Daphnia longispina (O. F. Müller, 1776). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 07.02.2018, Accessed 19.04.2026