Potamon potamios

Potamon potamios
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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)

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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Neil Cumberildge (2008). Potamon potamios. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 30 Oct 2008.
  2. ↑ 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.

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