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Potamonautes
Sign in to savePotamonautes is a genus of African freshwater crabs in the family Potamonautidae. It is both the most widespread and most diverse genus of African freshwater crabs, including more than half the species of this continent. They are found in most freshwater habitats of the African mainland and some species are semi-terrestrial.
Species
KZN River Crab
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyPotamonautidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 188
- With media
- 19
- Family
- Potamonautidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, NHMUK, AM
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, United States, Tanzania, Cameroon, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Zambia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Potamonautidae
- Image
- Potamonautes sidneyi water Umdoni.JPG
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Potamonautes is a genus of African freshwater crabs in the family Potamonautidae. It is both the most widespread and most diverse genus of African freshwater crabs, including more than half the species of this continent. They are found in most freshwater habitats of the African mainland and some species are semi-terrestrial.
==Species== It contains the following species:
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