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Potamonautes lirrangensis

Potamonautes lirrangensis
Museum specimens. Living individuals are typically bluish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Potamonautidae
Genus: Potamonautes
Species:
P. lirrangensis
Binomial name
Potamonautes lirrangensis
Rathbun, 1904
Synonyms

Potamonautes orbitospinus Cunnington, 1907

Potamonautes lirrangensis, the Malawi blue crab,[2] is a species of freshwater crab in the family Potamonautidae. This common and widespread species is found in Lake Malawi, Lake Kivu, the upper Congo River Basin and Malagarasi River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Rwanda, and Tanzania.[1] In the freshwater aquarium trade it is sometimes sold under the synonym Potamonautes orbitospinus.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Cumberlidge, N. (2018). "Potamonautes lirrangensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T44201A114989565. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T44201A114989565.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Dobson, M. (2004). Freshwater Crabs of Africa. Archived 2016-06-23 at the Wayback Machine Freshwater Forum 21: 3-26.


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