Potamonautes berardi

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Potamonautes berardi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Potamonautidae
Genus: Potamonautes
Species:
P. berardi
Binomial name
Potamonautes berardi
(Audouin, 1826)

Potamonautes berardi is a species of freshwater crab in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in the Nile Basin in Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Its natural habitats are rivers and streams.

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References

  1. Cumberlidge, N. 2004. Potamonautes berardi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.