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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
East African Tree Hole Crab
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
Potamonautes raybouldi occurs in water-filled tree
holes
in deciduous forests
(Bayliss 2002; Cumberlidge and Vannini 2004).
Bayliss (2002) provided a detailed ecological study of the habitat
of this species. Also lives in streams
(but not rivers
).[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 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:
raybouldi
- Cumberlidge & Vannini, 2004
- Scientific name: - Potamonautes raybouldi Cumberlidge & Vannini, 2004
- Specific name:
raybouldi
- Cumberlidge & Vannini, 2004
- 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
Cumberlidge & Vannini (2004) described this interesting species from a number of localities in Tanzania and Kenya.[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)
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Further Reading
- Cumberlidge, N. & Vannini, M. 2004. A new species of tree-hole living freshwater crab (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae) from coastal East Africa. Journal of Natural History 38: 681-693.
- Cumberlidge, N. and Vannini, M. 2004. Ecology and taxonomy of a tree-living freshwater crab (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae) from Kenya and Tanzania, East Africa. Journal of Natural History 38(6): 681-693.
- 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 raybouldi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5469494
- IUCN ID: 235205
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1027769
Footnotes
- Cumberlidge, N. 2008. Potamonautes raybouldi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
