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Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
Unknown.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
()
- (Chernyshev, 1960)
- Superclass:
Crustacea
()
- Pennant, 1777
- Crustaceans
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
()
- Class:
Malacostraca
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
()
- Grobben, 1892
- Superorder:
Eucarida
()
- Calman, 1904
- Order:
Decapoda
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Decapods
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
()
- Burkenroad, 1963
- Infraorder:
Brachyura
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Superfamily:
Potamoidea
()
- Ortmann, 1896
- Family:
Potamonautidae
()
- Bott, 1970
- Genus:
Potamonautes
()
- Macleay, 1838
- Specific name:
pilosus
- (Hilgendorf, 1898)
- Scientific name: - Potamonautes pilosus (Hilgendorf, 1898)
- Specific name:
pilosus
- (Hilgendorf, 1898)
- Genus:
Potamonautes
(
- Family:
Potamonautidae
(
- Superfamily:
Potamoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Brachyura
(
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
(
- Order:
Decapoda
(
- Superorder:
Eucarida
(
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
(
- Class:
Malacostraca
(
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
(
- Superclass:
Crustacea
(
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Bott (1955) treated this species as Potamonautes (Platypotamonautes) pilosus. Cumberlidge (1997) and Reed and Cumberlidge (2006) referred to this species as Potamonautes pilosus.[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Potamonautes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. anchietae (Anchieta's River Crab) · P. brincki (Brinck's River Crab) · P. clarus (Bright River Crab) · P. dentatus (Toothed River Crab) · P. depressus (Flat River Crab) · P. ecorssei (Ecorsse's River Crab) · P. kensleyi (Kensley's River Crab) · P. lividus (Blue River Crab) · P. perlatus (Cape River Crab) · P. raybouldi (East African Tree Hole Crab) · P. reidi (Reid's River Crab) · P. senegalensis (Senegal River Crab) · P. sidneyi (Natal River Crab) · P. unispinus (Single-Spined River Crab) · P. warreni (Warren's River Crab)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Bott, R. 1955. Die Sßwasserkrabben von Afrika (Crust., Decap.) und ihre Stammesgeschichte. Annales du Muse du Congo belge, (Tervuren, Belgique). C-Zoologie. (3, 3), 3(1): 209-352.
- Bott, R. 1955. Die Swasserkrabben von Afrika (Crust., Decap.) und ihre Stammesgeschichte. Annales du Muse du Congo belge, (Tervuren, Belgique). C-Zoologie. (3, 3), 3(1): 209-352.
- Capart, A. 1954. Rvision des types des espèces de Potamonidae de l’Afrique tropicale conservs au Musum d’histoire naturelle de Paris. In: Volume Jubilaire de Victor van Strallen, Directeur de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. 1925-1934. pp: 819-847.
- Cumberlidge, N. 1997. The African and Madagascan freshwater crabs in the Museum of Natural History, Vienna (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamoidea). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 99(B): 571-589.
- Hilgendorf, F. 1898. Die Land und Susswasser-Decapoden Ostafrikas. Die Thierwelt Deutsch Ost-Afrikas 4(7): 1-37.
- Hilgendorf, F. 1898. Die Land- und Ssswasser-Dekapoden Ostafrikas. Die Thierwelt Deutsch Ost-Afrikas 4(7): 1-37.
- Reed, S.K. & Cumberlidge, N. 2006. Taxonomy and biogeography of the freshwater crabs of Tanzania, East Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae, Platythelphusidae, Deckeniidae). Zootaxa 1262: 1-139.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- Cumberlidge, N. 2008. Potamonautes pilosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5987501
- IUCN ID: 235200
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1027766
Footnotes
- Cumberlidge, N. 2008. Potamonautes pilosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
