Graeconiscus strinatii (Vandel, 1955)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Trichoniscidae
Genus: Graeconiscus
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Ntaveli
Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Voreios Tomeas Attikis / Municipality: Penteli / Closest settlement: Nea Penteli
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Leondariou, Vandel 1955, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Paiania / Closest settlement: Paiania
  • Spilaio Rachi I, Vandel 1959, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Voreios Tomeas Attikis / Municipality: Agia Paraskevi / Closest settlement: Agia Paraskevi
  • Spilaio Rachi II, Vandel 1959, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Voreios Tomeas Attikis / Municipality: Agia Paraskevi / Closest settlement: Agia Paraskevi
  • Spilaio Ntaveli, Vandel 1955, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Voreios Tomeas Attikis / Municipality: Penteli / Closest settlement: Nea Penteli
Comments

Known from 4 caves in Attiki. Synonymy: Cretoniscellus strinatii (Vandel, 1955), Haplophthalmus strinatii Vandel, 1955

IUCN Red List
NE - Not Evaluated
Greece's Red Data Book
NE - Not Evaluated
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. 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. Graeconiscus strinatii (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