Proasellus coxalis (Dollfus, 1892)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Asellidae
Genus: Proasellus

Characterisation

Stygophile?

Distribution

C-S Europe

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Oxo Latsidi, Beron 2016, Saclier et al. 2024
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Siteia / Closest settlement: Sitanos

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

NCBI

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Saclier N, Duchemin L, Konecny-Dupré L, Grison P, Eme D, Martin C, Callou C, Lefébure T, François C, Issartel C, Lewis J J, Stoch F, Sket B, Gottstein S, Delić T, Zagmajster M, Grabowski M, Weber D, Reboleira ASPS,Palatov D, Paragamian K, Knight LRFD, 2024. A collaborative backbone resource for comparative studies of subterranean evolution: The World Asellidae database.. Molecular Ecology Resources, 24, e13882. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13882

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Proasellus coxalis (Dollfus, 1892). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 08.02.2018, Accessed 30.04.2026