Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Armadillidiidae
Genus: Armadillidium
Characterisation
Trogloxene?
Distribution
SE Europe
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Megali Grava, Strouhal 1966
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Loutses
  • Spilaio Mikri Grava, Strouhal 1966
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Loutses
  • Spilaio Drakotrypa, Schmalfuss 1975, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Thessaloniki / Municipality: Volvi / Closest settlement: Vrasna
  • Spilaio Kyklopa, Schmalfuss 1981
    Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Magnisia / Municipality: Alonnisos / Closest settlement: Gioura island
IUCN Red List
NE - Not Evaluated
Greece's Red Data Book
LC - Least Concern
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
PESI
NCBI
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1975. Neues Isopoden-Material aus Griechenland. Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl. Abt. I, 184: 27-66.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1981. Die Isopoden der Nördlichen Sporaden (Ägäis). Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 334: 1-24.
  • Strouhal, H. 1966. Ein weiterer Beitrag zur Süßwasser - und Landasselfauna Korfus. Mit einem Anhang: Eine neue Asellus coxalis- Subspecies von Zante. Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl. Abt. I, 175 (9-10): 257-315.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804). 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 07.07.2026