Polydesmus graecus Daday, 1889

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Polydesmidae
Genus: Polydesmus
Characterisation
Trogloxene
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Rachi I, Lang 1964
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Voreios Tomeas Attikis / Municipality: Agia Paraskevi / Closest settlement: Agia Paraskevi
  • Spilaio Ntaveli, Strasser 1974, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Voreios Tomeas Attikis / Municipality: Penteli / Closest settlement: Nea Penteli
  • Spilaio Stylokamara, Beron 2016
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Karpathos / Municipality: Kasos / Closest settlement: Agia Marina
Comments

Known from Greek mainland, Crete and Dodekanisa.

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.
  • 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. 1974. Über Diplopoda-Chilognatha Griechenlands. Rev. suisse Zool., 81 (1): 219-300.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Polydesmus graecus Daday, 1889. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 02.06.2021, Accessed 31.01.2026