Schizidium oertzeni (Budde-Lund, 1896)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Armadillidiidae
Genus: Schizidium
Characterisation
Troglophile?
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Kyklopa, Beron 1985, Beron 2016
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Naxos / Municipality: Naxos & Mikres Kyklades / Closest settlement: Irakleia
Comments

Known from several islands Kyklades and Dodekanisa.

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
Species references
  • Beron, P. 1985. On the cave fauna of the Greek islands of Sandorin and Iraklia, with preliminary description of a new pseudoscorpion. Grottes Bulgares, 3: 64-71.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Schizidium oertzeni (Budde-Lund, 1896). 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 19.04.2026