Alpioniscus matsakisi Andreev, 1984

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Skoteini
Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Evvoia / Municipality: Kymi - Aliveri / Closest settlement: Tharounia

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Skoteini, Andreev 1984, Andreev & Bozarova 2000, Beron 2016
  Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Evvoia / Municipality: Kymi - Aliveri / Closest settlement: Tharounia

Comments

Only known from the type locality (Spilaio Skoteini)

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

• Andreev, S. & Bozarova, F. 2000. Type material of Isopoda (Crustacea: Oniscidea, Anthuridea) from the collections of the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia. Hist. Nat. Bulg., 12: 25-32.
• Andreev, S. 1984. Contribution a l΄ étude des isopodes terrestres de la Grèce. 1. Sur une nouvelle espèce cavernicole du genre Alpioniscus. (Oniscoidea, Trichoniscidae). Biol. gallo-hellen., 11 (1): 61-64.
• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Alpioniscus matsakisi Andreev, 1984. 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 03.05.2026