Amblyiulus creticus (Verhoeff, 1901)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Julida
Family: Julidae
Genus: Amblyiulus

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Chonos Sarchou, Lang 1964, Strasser 1976, Beron 2016, Kime & Enghoff 2017
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Sarchos

Comments

Endemic to Crete.

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.
• Lang, J. 1964. Diplopoden aus Griechenland, Kreta, der Türkei und Iran aus dem Sammlungen von Dr. K. Lindberg. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohemoslov., 28 (3): 237-246.
• Strasser, K. 1976. Über Diplopoda-Chilognatha Griechenlands II. Rev. suisse Zool., 83 (3): 579-645.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Amblyiulus creticus (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 01.06.2021, Accessed 19.04.2026