Graeconiscus dryopeorum (Vandel, 1964)

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Agias Triadas
Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Evvoia / Municipality: Karystos / Closest settlement: Karystos

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Agias Triadas, Vandel 1964a, Schmalfuss 1979, Schmalfuss 2003, Beron 2016
  Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Evvoia / Municipality: Karystos / Closest settlement: Karystos
• Spilaio Skoteini, Beron 2016
  Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Evvoia / Municipality: Kymi - Aliveri / Closest settlement: Tharounia

Comments

Only known from 2 caves in Evvoia. Synonymy: Cretoniscellus strinatii (Schmalfuss 2003)

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.
• Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 654: 1-341.
• Vandel, A. 1964. Biospeologie. La Biologie des Animaux Cavernicoles. Gauthier-Villars, Paris. pp. 619.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Graeconiscus dryopeorum (Vandel, 1964). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 14.06.2021, Accessed 17.04.2026