Mixtacandona thessalica Rossetti & Mazzini, 2025

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Podocopida
Family: Cyprididae
Genus: Mixtacandona

Characterisation

Stygobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Melissotrypa
Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Elassona / Closest settlement: Kefalovryso

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Melissotrypa, Popa et al. 2019, Rossetti et al. 2025
  Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Elassona / Closest settlement: Kefalovryso

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

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

No links to other databases

Species references

• Popa, I., Brad, T., Vaxevanopoulos, M., Giurginca, A., Baba, S.C., Iepure, S., Plaiasu, R., Sarbu, S.M. 2019. Rich and diverse subterranean invertebrate communities inhabiting Melissotrypa Cave in Central Greece.. Trav. Inst. Spéol. «Émile Racovitza», 58: 65–78.
• Rossetti G, Sarbu SM, Ștefan A, Motoc R, Mazzini I 2025. Mixtacandona thessalica, a new species of ostracod (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from a sulfidic cave in central Greece.. Subterranean Biology 52: 111-133. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.52.142113

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Mixtacandona thessalica Rossetti & Mazzini, 2025. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 04.06.2025, Accessed 21.05.2026