Potamon potamios
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Potamon potamios
| Potamon potamios | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Potamidae |
| Genus: | Potamon |
| Species: | P. potamios |
| Binomial name | |
| Potamon potamios (Olivier, 1804) |
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Potamon potamios 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
- ^ a b Neil Cumberildge (2008). Potamon potamios. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 Oct 2008.
- ^ 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. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iF_U1NoknHoC&pg=PA553.
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