Bryocamptus unisaetosus Kiefer, 1930

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Hexanauplia
Order: Harpacticoida
Family: Canthocamptidae
Genus: Bryocamptus

Characterisation

Stygophile

Distribution

S Europe

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Katafygi, Lindberg 1955b, Beron 2016, Cerasoli et al. 2025
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Messinia / Municipality: Dytiki Mani / Closest settlement: Agios Dimitrios

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.
• Cerasoli F, Fiasca B, Di Cicco M, Galmarini E, Vaccarelli I, Mammola S, Malard F, Stoch F, Galassi DMP 2025. EGCop: An Expert-Curated Occurrence Dataset of European Groundwater-Dwelling Copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda). Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34: e13953. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13953
• Lindberg, K. 1955. Cyclopides (Crustacés copépodes) de la Grèce II. Fragm. Balc., Skopje, 1 (23): 189-195.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Bryocamptus unisaetosus Kiefer, 1930. 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