Acanthopetalum albidicolle (Verhoeff, 1900)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Callipodida
Family: Schizopetalidae
Genus: Acanthopetalum

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Albania, Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Megali Grava, Strasser 1970, Moritz & Fischer 1974, Strasser 1974, Stagl & Stoev 2005, Stoev et al. 2008, Beron 2016
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Loutses

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

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Moritz, M. & Fischer, S.C. 1974. Die Typen der Myriapoden-Sammlung des zoologischen Museums Berlin. I. Diplopoda. Teil 2: Craspedosomatida (Chordeumatidae, Anthroleucosomatidae, Anthogonidae, Entomobielziidae, Rothenbühleriidae, Brachychaeteumatidae, Haplobainosomatidae, Attemsiidae, Cra. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 50(2): 323- 375
• Stagl, V. & Stoev, P. 2005. Type specimens of the order Callipodida (Diplopoda) in the Natural History Museum in Vienna Kataloge. Kataloge der wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 19 (2): 1-26.
• Stoev, P., Sierwald, P. & Billey, A. 2008. An annotated world catalogue of the millipede order Callipodida (Arthropoda: Diplopoda).. Zootaxa, 1706:1–50.
• Strasser, K. 1970. Über griechische Diplopoden (Griechenland, Korfou, Kreta, Ost-Ägäis). Senckenbergiana biol., 51 (3/4): 235-253.
• Strasser, K. 1974. Über Diplopoda-Chilognatha Griechenlands. Rev. suisse Zool., 81 (1): 219-300.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Acanthopetalum albidicolle (Verhoeff, 1900). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 21.03.2018, Accessed 18.04.2026