Graeconiscus kournasensis Schmalfuss, Paragamian & Sfenthourakis, 2004

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

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

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Kourna, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Kournas
• Spilaio Lamias, Vandel 1958, Schmalfuss 1972b, Schmalfuss 1979, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Kynigiana

Comments

Only known from two caves in central Crete. 

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

GBIF

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Schmalfuss, H. 1972. Die Isopoden von Kreta. Biol. gallo-hellen., 4 (1): 33-60.
• Schmalfuss, H. 1979. Revidierte Check-List der Landisopoden (Oniscoidea) Griechenlands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 331: 1-42.
• 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.
• Vandel, A. 1958. Isopodes récoltés dans les grottes de la Crète par le Docteur K. Lindberg. Notes biospeol., 12 (2): 81-101.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Graeconiscus kournasensis 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 01.06.2021, Accessed 18.04.2026