Actaeoniscus petrochilosi Vandel, 1955

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Trichoniscidae
Genus: Actaeoniscus
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Kerateas
Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Lavreotiki / Closest settlement: Keratea
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Kerateas, Vandel 1955, Vandel 1959, Schmölzer 1965, Schmalfuss 1979, Schmidt & Leistikow 2004, Alexiou & Sfenthourakis 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Lavreotiki / Closest settlement: Keratea
Comments

Only known from the type locality (Spilaio Kerateas, Attiki)

IUCN Red List
NE - Not Evaluated
Greece's Red Data Book
CR - Critically Endangered
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
PESI
Species references
  • Alexiou, S. & Sfenthourakis, S. 2013. The terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Greece. Parnassiana Archives, 1: 3-50.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1979. Revidierte Check-List der Landisopoden (Oniscoidea) Griechenlands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 331: 1-42.
  • Schmidt, C. & Leistikow, A. 2004. Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea). Steenstrupia, 28: 1-118.
  • Schmölzer, K. 1965. Bestimmungsbücher zur Bodenfauna Europas. Lieferung 4+5, Ordung Isopoda (Landasseln). Akademie Verlag, Berlin. pp. 468.
  • Vandel, A. 1955. Isopodes terrestres récoltés dans les grottes de l΄ Attique par M. Pierre Strinati. Notes biospeol., 10 (1): 51-61.
  • 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. Actaeoniscus petrochilosi Vandel, 1955. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 27.05.2021, Accessed 19.04.2026