Alpioniscus epigani Vandel, 1959

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Trichoniscidae
Genus: Alpioniscus

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Korykeio Antro
Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Delfoi

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Korykeio Antro, Vandel 1959, Vandel 1964a, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
  Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Delfoi

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

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

• 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.
• Vandel, A. 1959. La faune isopodique cavernicole de la Grèce continentale (Récoltes du Dr. K. Lindberg, Lund). Notes biospeol., 13 (2): 131-139.
• Vandel, A. 1964. Biospeologie. La Biologie des Animaux Cavernicoles. Gauthier-Villars, Paris. pp. 619.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Alpioniscus epigani Vandel, 1959. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 19.09.2019, Accessed 17.03.2026