Platyarthrus lindbergi Vandel, 1959

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Platyarthridae
Genus: Platyarthrus
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Evripidi
Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Nisoi Attikis / Municipality: Salamina / Closest settlement: Peristeria
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Evripidi, Vandel 1959, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Nisoi Attikis / Municipality: Salamina / Closest settlement: Peristeria
Comments

Known from northern and central continental Greece and from many Aegean islands including 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
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • 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. Platyarthrus lindbergi Vandel, 1959. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.05.2021, Accessed 02.05.2026