Trichonemasoma peloponesius (Mauriès, 1966)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Julida
Family: Blaniulidae
Genus: Trichonemasoma

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Glyfadas Dirou
Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Glyfadas Dirou, Mauriès 1966, Strasser 1974, Beron 2016, Kime & Enghoff 2017
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou
• Spilaio Katafygi Dirou, Strasser 1974, Kime & Enghoff 2017
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou

Comments

Only known from the type locality and a nearby cave.

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.
• Kime R.D. & Enghoff H. 2017. Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda). European Journal of Taxonomy 346: 1–299.
• Mauriès, J. P. 1966. Découverte, par H. Coiffait, de représentants de genres Speleoglomeris Silv. et Trichoblaniulus Verh. dans les grottes de Grèce (Diplopoda). Ann. Speleol., 21 (3): 621-630.
• Strasser, K. 1974. Über Diplopoda-Chilognatha Griechenlands. Rev. suisse Zool., 81 (1): 219-300.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Trichonemasoma peloponesius (Mauriès, 1966). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 16.09.2019, Accessed 21.05.2026