Potamonautes raybouldi
| Potamonautes raybouldi | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Potamonautidae |
| Genus: | Potamonautes |
| Species: | P. raybouldi |
| Binomial name | |
| Potamonautes raybouldi Cumberlidge & Vannini, 2004 | |
Potamonautes raybouldi is a species of freshwater crab. It lives in water-filled tree holes in forests in the eastern Usambara Mountains of Tanzania and the Shimba Hills in Kenya.[1] It is threatened by deforestation resulting from the expansion of the human population, and is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List.[1] The species was described in 2004, and named after Professor John N. Raybould of the University of Bristol, who collected the first specimens of the species.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Neil Cumberlidge (2004). "Potamonautes raybouldi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
- ↑ Neil Cumberlidge & Marco Vannini (2004). "Ecology and taxonomy of a tree-living freshwater crab (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae) from Kenya and Tanzania, East Africa" (PDF). Journal of Natural History 38 (6): 681–693. doi:10.1080/0022293021000041716.