Potamonautes platycentron

Potamonautes platycentron is a species of freshwater crab in the family Potamonautidae, which is endemic to Lake Chala in Kenya and Tanzania.[1] It was originally described by Franz Martin Hilgendorf in 1897, as Telphusa platycentron.[2]

Potamonautes platycentron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Order:
Decapoda
Family:
Potamonautidae
Genus:
Potamonautes
Species:
P. platycentron
Binomial name
Potamonautes platycentron
(Hilgendorf, 1897)
Synonyms

Telphusa platycentron Hilgendorf, 1897

References
  1. Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Potamonautes platycentron". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T44537A10916389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T44537A10916389.en.
  2. P. Davie (2010). "Potamonautes platycentron (Hilgendorf, 1897)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 4, 2010.


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