Arcopotamonautes platynotus

Arcopotamonautes platynotus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Potamonautidae
Genus: Arcopotamonautes
Species:
A. platynotus
Binomial name
Arcopotamonautes platynotus
Cunnington, 1907

Arcopotamonautes platynotus is a species of freshwater crab which is endemic to Lake Tanganyika, where it is the only freshwater crab outside the genus Platythelphusa.[2] Although primarily aquatic, A. platynotus is sometimes seen out of water, and can survive for many hours without water.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Cumberlidge, N.; Marijnissen, S.A.E. (2008). "Potamonautes platynotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T44538A10916639. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T44538A10916639.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Saskia A. E. Marijnissen; Ellinor Michel; Savel R. Daniels; Dirk Erpenbeck; Steph B. J. Menken & Frederick R. Schram (2006). "Molecular evidence for recent divergence of Lake Tanganyika endemic crabs (Decapoda: Platythelphusidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 40 (2): 628–634. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.03.025. PMID 16647274.


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