Austropotamobius torrentium (Schrank, 1803)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Astacidae
Genus: Austropotamobius
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
C Europe, Balkans, Turkey
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Maara, Paragamian 1993, Koutrakis et al. 2003, Koutrakis et al. 2005, Koutrakis et al. 2007, Subchev et al. 2007
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Prosotsani / Closest settlement: Angitis
Comments
Subspecies: Austropotamobius torrentium macedonicus (Karaman, 1929)
IUCN Red List
LC - Least Concern
Greece's Red Data Book
VU - Vulnerable
Protection status
  • Bern Convention: Appendix III in Council of Europe 1979 - Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats / Law 1335/1983, OGG 32/Α/1983 (Integration of the Bern Convention)
  • Protection Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC): Appendices II/IV in Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) / Joint Ministerial Decision 33318/3028/1998 (Integration of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC)
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
IUCN Red List
PESI
NCBI
Species references
  • Koutrakis, E., Katsaiti, L., Kallianiotis, A., Tsikliras, A., Bobori D. & Economidis, P. 2003. The aquatic macrofauna of Cave Aggitis (Maaras, Drama) - Preliminary results.. Pages 83-86 in 11th Panhellenic Conference of. Ichthyologists, 10-13 April 2003, Preveza Greece (in Greek).
  • Koutrakis, E. T., Machino, Y., Kallianiotis, A. & Holdich, D. M. 2005. Austropotamobius torrentium (Schrank, 1803) in the Aggitis Cave (Northern Greece). Is It a Cave-Dwelling Species?. Bulletin Français de la Pêche et de la Pisciculture (376-377): 529-538.
  • Koutrakis, E. T., Perdikaris, C., Machino, Y., Savvidis, G. & Margaris, N. 2007. Distribution, Recent Mortalities and Conservation Measures of Crayfish in Hellenic Fresh Waters. Bulletin Français de la Pêche et de la Pisciculture (385): 25-44.
  • 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).
  • Subchev, M., Koutrakis, E. T. & Perdikaris, C. 2007. Crayfish Epibionts Branchiobdella Sp. and Hystricosoma chappuisi (Annelida: Clitellata) in Greece. Bulletin Français de la Pêche et de la Pisciculture (387): 59-66.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Austropotamobius torrentium (Schrank, 1803). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 22.11.2025, Accessed 09.03.2026