Schizidium perplexum (Vandel, 1958)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Armadillidiidae
Genus: Schizidium
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Agias Paraskevis
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Skoteino
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Faneromenis, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Avdou
  • Spilaio Tis Margias o Spilios, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Malia
  • Spilaio Agias Paraskevis, Vandel 1958, Schmalfuss 1972b, Schmalfuss 1975, Schmalfuss 1979, Paragamian & Legakis 1986, Paragamian et al. 1987, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Skoteino
  • Spilaio Monis Kaleri, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Minoa Pediadas / Closest settlement: Kasteli
  • Spilaio Atsiganospilios, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Adrianou
  • Spilaio Trypa sto Seli, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Kroustas
  • Spilaio Milatou, Vandel 1958, Schmalfuss 1972b, Schmalfuss 1975, Schmalfuss 1979, Paragamian et al. 1987, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Milatos
  • Spilaio Achnistres, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Paralia Milatou
  • Spilaio Achnistres, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Pines
  • Varathro Latsida sta Lakkia, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Pines
  • Spilaio Peristera, Vandel 1958, Schmalfuss 1972b, Schmalfuss 1975, Schmalfuss 1979, Paragamian et al. 1987, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Vrachasi
  • Spilaio Agiou Stavrou, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Ierapetra / Closest settlement: Chrysopigi
  • Spilaio Tou Sfakianou I Trypa, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Ierapetra / Closest settlement: Kalamafka
  • Varathro Xepatomeni Latsida, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Lagou
  • Spilaio Diktaio Antro, Paragamian et al. 1987, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Psychro
  • Spilaio Trapeza, Schmalfuss 1979, Andreev 1986, Paragamian et al. 1987, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Tzermiado
  • Spilaio Mikro Katofygi, Paragamian et al. 1987, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Siteia / Closest settlement: Agios Georgios
  • Spilaio Apoloustres, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Siteia / Closest settlement: Pefkoi
  • Spilaio Vreikou, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Siteia / Closest settlement: Pefkoi
Comments

Only known from caves in eastern Crete.

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
  • Andreev, S. 1986. Contribution a l΄ étude des isopodes terrestres de la Grèce 3. Sur trois nouvelles donnes sur les Isopodes des Genres Cordioniscus, Alpioniscus et Trichoniscus et nouvelles donnes sur les Isopodes terr. (Oniscoidea). Biol. gallo-hellen., 11 (2): 153-164.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Paragamian, K. & Legakis, A. 1986. Ecological and faunistic investigations of the cave Ag. Paraskevi near Skoteino (Greece, Crete). Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Medit.,, 30 (2): 99.
  • Paragamian, K., Galanopoulos, V., Legakis, A. & Spanakis, M. 1987. Ecological, electrophoretic and electron microscope investigations on Schizidium perplexum (Isopoda) of Crete. Biol. gallo-hellen., 13: 165-168.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1972. Die Isopoden von Kreta. Biol. gallo-hellen., 4 (1): 33-60.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1975. Neues Isopoden-Material aus Griechenland. Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl. Abt. I, 184: 27-66.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1979. Revidierte Check-List der Landisopoden (Oniscoidea) Griechenlands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 331: 1-42.
  • Schmalfuss, H., Paragamian, K. & Sfenthourakis, S. 2004. The terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Crete and the surrounding islands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 662: 1-74.
  • Vandel, A. 1958. Isopodes récoltés dans les grottes de la Crète par le Docteur K. Lindberg. Notes biospeol., 12 (2): 81-101.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Schizidium perplexum (Vandel, 1958). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 16.06.2021, Accessed 28.10.2025