Speocyclops hellenicus Lindberg, 1953

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Hexanauplia
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Cyclopidae
Genus: Speocyclops

Characterisation

Stygobiont

Distribution

Mediterranean

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Trachilas
Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Messinia / Municipality: Dytiki Mani / Closest settlement: Trachila

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Katafygi, Lindberg 1953a, Lindberg 1955d, Franke 1989, Beron 2016
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Messinia / Municipality: Dytiki Mani / Closest settlement: Agios Dimitrios
• Spilaio Trachilas, Lindberg 1953a, Lindberg 1955d
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Messinia / Municipality: Dytiki Mani / Closest settlement: Trachila

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.
• 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
• Lindberg, K. 1953. Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) de la Grèce. Prak. hellen. hydrobiol. Inst., 6 (2): 19-40.
• Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Speocyclops hellenicus Lindberg, 1953. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 13.02.2025, Accessed 08.04.2026