Candona spelaea Klie, 1941

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Podocopida
Family: Candonidae
Genus: Candona
Characterisation
Stygophile?
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 Ntaveli, Klie 1941, Danielopol 1978, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Voreios Tomeas Attikis / Municipality: Penteli / Closest settlement: Nea Penteli
Comments

Only known from the type locality. Probably a synonym to Fabaeformiscandona breuili (Paris, 1920)

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.
  • Danielopol, L. 1978. Über Herkunft und Morphologie der Süßwasser-hypogäischen Candoninae (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, 187: 1-62.
  • Klie, W. 1941. Suesswasserostracoden aus Südosteuropa. Zool. Anz., 133 (11-12): 233-244.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Candona spelaea Klie, 1941. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.05.2021, Accessed 19.04.2026