Elaphoidella eucharis Chappuis, 1953

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Stygobiont?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Katafygi
Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Messinia / Municipality: Dytiki Mani / Closest settlement: Agios Dimitrios

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Katafygi, Chappuis 1953, Lindberg 1955c, Beron 2016, Cerasoli et al. 2025
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Messinia / Municipality: Dytiki Mani / Closest settlement: Agios Dimitrios

Comments

Only known from the type locality. According to Pesce (1981) it could be a synonym of E. karamani.

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
• Chappuis, P. A. 1953. Notes sur le Copépodes. 15. Un nouveau Parastenocaris de la vallée supérieure de la Weser (Hanovre). 16. Un nouvel Harpacticidae cavernicole de Grèce 17. Copépodes Haparcticoides de la grotte du Bosc (Tarn et Garonne). Notes Biospeol., 8 (1): 81-90.
• Lindberg, K. 1955. Cyclopides (Crustacés copèpodes) nouveaux de ľíle de Crète et du Pérou. Kungl. Fys. Sällsk. i Lund Forh., 25 (11): 1-7.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Elaphoidella eucharis Chappuis, 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