Porcellio achilleionensis Verhoeff, 1901

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Porcellionidae
Genus: Porcellio

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Albania, Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Megali Grava, Strouhal 1966
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Loutses

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

• Strouhal, H. 1966. Ein weiterer Beitrag zur Süßwasser - und Landasselfauna Korfus. Mit einem Anhang: Eine neue Asellus coxalis- Subspecies von Zante. Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl. Abt. I, 175 (9-10): 257-315.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Porcellio achilleionensis Verhoeff, 1901. 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 18.04.2026