Serradium spiliarum Strasser, 1974

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Polydesmidae
Genus: Serradium
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Drakotrypia
Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Arkadia / Municipality: Gortynia / Closest settlement: Vytina
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Drakotrypia, Strasser 1974, Enghoff et al. 2001, Beron 2016
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Arkadia / Municipality: Gortynia / Closest settlement: Vytina
Comments

Only known from the type locality.

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.
  • Enghoff, H., Caoduro, G., Adis, J. & Messner, B. 2001. A new cavernicolous, semiaquatic species of Serradium (Diplopoda, Polydesmidae) and its terrestrial, sympatric congener. With notes on the genus Serradium. Zoologica Scripta, 26 (3): 279-290.
  • Strasser, K. 1974. Über Diplopoda-Chilognatha Griechenlands. Rev. suisse Zool., 81 (1): 219-300.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Serradium spiliarum Strasser, 1974. 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 19.04.2026