Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Porcellionidae
Genus: Porcellionides
Characterisation
Trogloxene
Distribution
Mediterranean
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Megali Grava, Strouhal 1966
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Loutses
  • Spilaio Avras, Vandel 1946, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Pella / Municipality: Almopia / Closest settlement: Loutra Loutrakiou
  • Spilaio Drakotrypa, Schmalfuss 1975
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Thessaloniki / Municipality: Volvi / Closest settlement: Vrasna
  • Spilaio Milatou, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Milatos
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. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Porcellionides pruinosus (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 29.10.2025