Biology:Potamonautes niloticus
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Short description: Species of crab
| Potamonautes niloticus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Potamonautidae |
| Genus: | Potamonautes |
| Species: | P. niloticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Potamonautes niloticus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
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Potamonautes niloticus is a species of freshwater crab in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in the Nile Basin in Egypt, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan, and Uganda.[1] Numerous specimens of P. niloticus are known from Miocene deposits around Lake Albert.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cumberlidge, N. (2016). "Potamonautes niloticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44535A84352721. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44535A84352721.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44535/84352721. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ Michael Dobson (2004). "Freshwater crabs in Africa" (PDF). Freshwater Forum 21: 3–26. https://www.fba.org.uk/journals/index.php/FF/article/viewFile/175/75. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
Wikidata ☰ Q1624847 entry
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