Acanthopetalum furculigerum (Verhoeff, 1901)

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Greece, Turkey

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Agias Paraskevis, Strasser 1976, Stoev et al. 2008, Felesaki et al. 2010, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Skoteino
• Spilaio Milatou, Strasser 1976, Stoev et al. 2008, Felesaki et al. 2010
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Milatos
• Spilaio Diktaio Antro, Strasser 1974, Strasser 1976, Stoev et al. 2008, Felesaki et al. 2010
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Psychro

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.
• Felesaki, I., Stoev, P., Simaiakis, S. & Mylonas, M. 2010. A catalogue of the millipedes of Crete (Myriapoda: Diplopoda). Natura Montenegrina, 9 (3): 357-368.
• Stoev, P., Sierwald, P. & Billey, A. 2008. An annotated world catalogue of the millipede order Callipodida (Arthropoda: Diplopoda).. Zootaxa, 1706:1–50.
• Strasser, K. 1974. Über Diplopoda-Chilognatha Griechenlands. Rev. suisse Zool., 81 (1): 219-300.
• Strasser, K. 1976. Über Diplopoda-Chilognatha Griechenlands II. Rev. suisse Zool., 83 (3): 579-645.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2025. Acanthopetalum furculigerum (Verhoeff, 1901). 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 29.10.2025