65.A - Subterranean interstitial biocenoses

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Communities occupying the compartment of the subterranean ecosystem in direct contact with the lower horizon of the soil, at a depth ranging from a few centimeters to a few meters, in the interconnected microspaces of the colluvions or the fissures of the superficial zones of the bedrock. Distinctive interstitial assemblies of troglobiont invertebrates, comprising coleoptera, myriapods, isopods, spiders, pseudoscorpions, have been described from the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Carpathians, the Canary Islands, the Azores.

Bibliographie

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Juberthie & al., 1980; Juberthie & al., 1981.