Porcellio dilatatus Brandt, 1833

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Porcellionidae
Genus: Porcellio
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Europe
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Kalamato, Vandel 1968, Schmalfuss 1972b, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Vafes
  • Spilaio Kryoneridas, Vandel 1968, Schmalfuss 1972b, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Vafes
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.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1972. Die Isopoden von Kreta. Biol. gallo-hellen., 4 (1): 33-60.
  • Vandel, A. 1968. Description d΄ un nouveau représentant de genre Cordioniscus (Crustacés, Isopoda, Oniscoidea, Styloniscidae) suivie de considérations sur les voies de migration de certains lignées d΄ Isopodes terrestres. Ann. Speleol., 23 (3): 621-632.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Porcellio dilatatus Brandt, 1833. 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 19.04.2026