Trachelipus cavaticus Schmalfuss, Paragamian & Sfenthourakis, 2004

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Trachelipodidae
Genus: Trachelipus

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Kourna
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Kournas

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Afroimou, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Asi Gonia
• Spilaio Kourna, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Kournas
• Spilaio Lentaka Trypa, Dimitriou & Sfenthourakis 2022
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Melidoni
• Spilaio Arkalospilios, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki
• Spilaio Marile Trypa, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Amari / Closest settlement: Elenes
• Spilaio Geraniou, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Rethymno / Closest settlement: Gerani
• Spilaio Skoteinospilios, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Rethymno / Closest settlement: Myloi
• Artificial cave at Prines, Schmalfuss et al. 2004
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Rethymno / Closest settlement: Prines
• Spilaio Peiratou, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Rethymno / Closest settlement: Rethymno
• Spilaio Simoneli, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Rethymno / Closest settlement: Rethymno

Comments

Known only from caves in western 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

GBIF

Species references

• 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
• Schmalfuss, H., Paragamian, K. & Sfenthourakis, S. 2004. The terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Crete and the surrounding islands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 662: 1-74.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Trachelipus cavaticus Schmalfuss, Paragamian & Sfenthourakis, 2004. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 23.06.2022, Accessed 18.04.2026