| Arcopotamonautes platynotus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Potamonautidae |
| Genus: | Arcopotamonautes |
| Species: | A. platynotus |
| Binomial name | |
| Arcopotamonautes platynotus Cunnington, 1907 | |
Arcopotamonautes platynotus is a species of freshwater crab which is endemic to Lake Tanganyika, where it is the only freshwater crab outside the genus Platythelphusa . [2] Although primarily aquatic, A. platynotus is sometimes seen out of water, and can survive for many hours without water. [1]
