Eucyclops serrulatus (Fischer, 1851)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Hexanauplia
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Cyclopidae
Genus: Eucyclops
Characterisation
Stygophile
Distribution
Cosmopolitan
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Maara, Lindberg 1955c, Lindberg 1955d, Paragamian 1993, Beron 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Prosotsani / Closest settlement: Angitis
  • Spilaio Drakoneras, Lindberg 1955c, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Marathonas / Closest settlement: Kato Souli
  • Spilaio Apano Skalas, Lindberg 1955c, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
  • Spilaio Achyrospilios, Lindberg 1956, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki
  • Spilaio Katholikou, Lindberg 1956, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki
  • Spilaio Panagias Arkoudiotisas, Lindberg 1956, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki
  • Spilaio Agias Sofias, Chappuis 1929, Chappuis 1933, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Lindberg 1953a, Franke 1989
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Kissamos / Closest settlement: Topolia
  • Spilaio Neraidospilios , Lindberg 1956, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Karteros
  • Spilaio Spiliara Almyrou, Lindberg 1956, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Gazi
  • Spilaio Mylou Katsouridi, Gasparo 2011a
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Angeliana
  • Spilaio Melidoniou, Lindberg 1956, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Melidoni
  • Spilaio Valiari, Lindberg 1953a, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Areopoli
  • Spilaio Katafygi, Lindberg 1953a, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Messinia / Municipality: Dytiki Mani / Closest settlement: Agios Dimitrios
  • Spilaio Agiou Thoma, Lindberg 1953a, Beron 2016
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Messinia / Municipality: Dytiki Mani / Closest settlement: Agios Nikolaos
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
NCBI
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Chappuis, P. A. 1929. Notes sur les Copépodes. 1. Une nouvelle Attheyella du Japon. 2. Moraria poppei Mrazek et Moraria brevipes Sars. 3. Copépodes de Grèce. Bull. Soc. Sci. Cluj, 4 (2): 97-106.
  • Chappuis, P. A. 1933. Copépodes (Premier série). Avec l΄ énumération de tous les Copépodes cavernicoles connus en 1931. Arch. Zool. exp. gen., 76: 1-57.
  • Franke U. 1989. Katalog zur Sammlung limnischer COPEPODEN von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kiefer (mit einem Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Publikationen). Carolinea - Beiträge zur naturkundlichen Forschung in Südwestdeutschland Beihefte 5:1–433
  • Gasparo, F. 2011. Ricerche biospeleologiche a Creta 2008-2010. Progressione, 57 (1/2): 137-143.
  • Lindberg, K. 1953. Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) de la Grèce. Prak. hellen. hydrobiol. Inst., 6 (2): 19-40.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Cyclopides (Crustacés copèpodes) nouveaux de ľíle de Crète et du Pérou. Kungl. Fys. Sällsk. i Lund Forh., 25 (11): 1-7.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
  • Lindberg, K. 1956. Cyclopides (Crustacés copépodes) de Crète avec un liste de Crustacés divers recueillis dans de lac de Kourna. Acta Mus. Macedonici Sci. Nat., 4 (5): 97-120.
  • Paragamian, K. 1993. Environmental study on the arrangement and management of the Maara cave, Kokkinogia, Drama. Final report.. Democritus University of Xanthi, Greece, 45 p. (in Greek).
  • Wolf, B. 1937. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. II. - Cavernarum Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1937). pp. 616.
  • Wolf, B. 1938. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. III. - Animalium Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1938). pp. 918.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Eucyclops serrulatus (Fischer, 1851). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 26.12.2018, Accessed 07.03.2026