Chaetophiloscia cellaria (Dollfus, 1884)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Philosciidae
Genus: Chaetophiloscia
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Spain to Greece
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Chavara, Vandel 1955, Schmalfuss 1975, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Kropia / Closest settlement: Kitsi
  • Spilaio Kerateas, Vandel 1955, Vandel 1959, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Lavreotiki / Closest settlement: Keratea
  • Spilaio Leondariou, Vandel 1955, Schmalfuss 1975, Schmalfuss 1990
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Paiania / Closest settlement: Paiania
  • Spilaio Kakavoulas, Vandel 1959, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Notios Tomeas Attikis / Municipality: Kropia / Closest settlement: Vari
  • Spilaio Fytidi, Schmalfuss 1990, Beron 2016
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kefalonia / Municipality: Kefalonia / Closest settlement: Karavomylos
  • Spilaio Voudli, Vandel 1946, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Pella / Municipality: Edessa / Closest settlement: Edessa
  • Spilaio Nychteridospilios, Dimitriou & Sfenthourakis 2022
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Irakleio / Closest settlement: Ano Asites
  • Cave south of Pigadia, Schmalfuss 1990, Beron 2016
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Karpathos / Municipality: Karpathos / Closest settlement: Pigadia
  • Spilaio Ellinokamara, Schmalfuss 1990, Beron 2016
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Karpathos / Municipality: Kasos / Closest settlement: Agia Marina
  • Spilaio Stylokamara, Schmalfuss 1990, Beron 2016
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Karpathos / Municipality: Kasos / Closest settlement: Agia Marina
  • Underground aqueduct I, Afantou, Arcangeli 1929, Ghigi 1929, Arcangeli 1935, Strouhal 1937, Schmalfuss 1990, Beron 2016
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Rodos / Municipality: Rodos / Closest settlement: Afantou
  • Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis I, Lips 2018
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Kamari
  • Spilaio Tzetze Trypa, Schmalfuss 1990, Beron 2016
    Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Samos / Closest settlement: Kosmadaioi
  • Spilaio Panagias Spilianis, Schmalfuss 1990, Beron 2016
    Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Samos / Closest settlement: Pythagoreio
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
  • Arcangeli, A. 1929. Isopodi. In Ghigi A., R. Issel, A. Brian, R. Sanducci, V. Citterio, F. Alzani. Ricerche faunistiche nelle isole Italiane dell΄Egeo. Publisher. pp. 259- 268.
  • Arcangeli, A. 1935. Nuovi contributi alla conoscenza della fauna delle isole dell΄Egeo. III. Isopodi Terrestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. gen. agr. Portici, 28: 37-69.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Dimitriou CA , Sfenthourakis S. 2022. An all-inclusive approach: A universal protocol for the successful amplification of four genetic loci of all Onscidea. MethodsX (2022), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2022.101762
  • Ghigi, A. 1929. Risultati generali e conclusioni. In A. Ghigi, R. Issel, A. Brian, R. Sanducci, V. Citterio, F. Alzani. Ricerche faunistiche nelle isole Italiane dell΄Egeo. Arch. zool. ital. 13: 423-484.
  • Lips B 2018. Expédition biospéologique dans l’île de Santorin (Grèce). Echo des Vulcains, 75: 28-39
  • 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. 1990. Die Landisopoden (Oniscidea) Griechenlands. 11. Beitrag: Gattung Chaetophiloscia (Philosciidae). Rev. suisse Zool., 97 (1): 169-193.
  • Strouhal, H. 1937. Isopoda terrestria Aegaei. (10. Beitrag zur Landisopodenfauna des Balkans). Acta Inst. Mus. Zool. Univ. Atheniensis, 1 (9/10): 193-262.
  • Vandel, A. 1946. Isopodes terrestres récoltés par M. le Professeur Remy au cours de ses voyages dans les régions balkaniques. Ann. Sci. nat. Zool., 11 (8): 151-194.
  • Vandel, A. 1955. Isopodes terrestres récoltés dans les grottes de l΄ Attique par M. Pierre Strinati. Notes biospeol., 10 (1): 51-61.
  • Vandel, A. 1959. La faune isopodique cavernicole de la Grèce continentale (Récoltes du Dr. K. Lindberg, Lund). Notes biospeol., 13 (2): 131-139.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Chaetophiloscia cellaria (Dollfus, 1884). 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 07.03.2026