Orthometopon phaleronense (Verhoeff, 1901)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Agnaridae
Genus: Orthometopon
Characterisation
Troglophile?
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Koutrouli, Schmalfuss 1972b, Schmalfuss 1979
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki
  • Spilaio Kamilari, Schmalfuss 1972b, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Tylisos
Comments

Known from Attiki, western Aegean islands, and Crete. The Cretan populations might belong to a new species (Poulakakis and Sphenthourakis 2008)

IUCN Red List
LC - Least Concern
Greece's Red Data Book
LC - Least Concern
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
IUCN Red List
PESI
NCBI
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1972. Die Isopoden von Kreta. Biol. gallo-hellen., 4 (1): 33-60.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1979. Revidierte Check-List der Landisopoden (Oniscoidea) Griechenlands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 331: 1-42.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Orthometopon phaleronense (Verhoeff, 1901). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 17.11.2025, Accessed 24.08.2026