Biology:Potamon potamios

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Short description: Species of crab

Potamon potamios
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Potamidae
Genus: Potamon
Species:
P. potamios
Binomial name
Potamon potamios
(Olivier, 1804)

Potamon potamios, the Levantine freshwater crab, is a semi-terrestrial crab occurring around the eastern Mediterranean, including many Mediterranean islands,[1] extending as far south and west as the Sinai Peninsula.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Potamon potamios". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T135117A4061032. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135117A4061032.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/135117/4061032. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Neil Cumberlidge (2009). "Freshwater Crabs and Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Nile Basin". in Henri J. Dumont. The Nile: Origin, Environments, Limnology and Human Use. Monographiae Biologicae. 89. Springer. pp. 546–562. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-9726-3_27. ISBN 978-1-4020-9725-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=iF_U1NoknHoC&pg=PA553. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q310452 entry