Potamonautes lirrangensis
| Potamonautes lirrangensis | |
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| Museum specimens. Living individuals are typically bluish | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Potamonautidae |
| Genus: | Potamonautes |
| Species: | P. lirrangensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Potamonautes lirrangensis Rathbun, 1904 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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 and the upper Congo River Basin 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cumberlidge, N. 2004. Potamonautes lirrangensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dobson, M. (2004). Freshwater Crabs of Africa. Freshwater Forum 21: 3-26.