| Potamonautes loveni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Potamonautidae |
| Genus: | Potamonautes |
| Species: | P. loveni |
| Binomial name | |
| Potamonautes loveni Colosi, 1924 | |
Potamonautes loveni is a species of crab in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in Kenya and Uganda. Its natural habitat is rivers.
Potamonautes is a genus of African freshwater crabs in the family Potamonautidae. It is both the most widespread and most diverse genus of African freshwater crabs, including more than half the species of this continent. They are found in most freshwater habitats of the African mainland and some species are semi-terrestrial.
Potamonautes choloensis is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitat is rivers.
Potamonautes didieri is a species of crab in the family Potamonautidae. It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but has not been observed for 100 years; it is therefore listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.
Potamonautes emini is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in the Rwenzori Mountains between Lake Edward and Lake Albert in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Potamonautes gonocristatus is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is endemic to Lake Kivu, on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda.
Potamonautes ignestii is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in Ethiopia.
Potamonautes infravallatus is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitat is rivers.
Potamonautes johnstoni is a species of freshwater crab in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in rivers in Kenya and Tanzania, with unconfirmed records from Malawi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The species' distribution includes Kilimanjaro, Nekona, Mrogoro and the Usambara Mountains.
Potamonautes lirrangensis, the Malawi blue crab, is a species of freshwater crab in the family Potamonautidae. This common and widespread species is found in Lake Malawi, Lake Kivu, the upper Congo River Basin and Malagarasi River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Rwanda, and Tanzania. In the freshwater aquarium trade it is sometimes sold under the synonym Potamonautes orbitospinus.
Potamonautes loveridgei is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in the rivers that flow into Lake Tanganyika.
Potamonautes montivagus is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitat is rivers.
Potamonautes neumanni is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitat is rivers.
Potamonautes pilosus is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is rivers.
Potamonautes platycentron is a species of freshwater crab in the family Potamonautidae, which is endemic to Lake Chala in Kenya and Tanzania. It was originally described by Franz Martin Hilgendorf in 1897, as Telphusa platycentron.
Potamonautes rukwanzi is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is endemic to Uganda. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.
Potamonautes suprasulcatus is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is rivers.
Potamonautes unisulcatus is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is only found in the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania.
Potamonautes sidneyi is a species of freshwater crab in the family Potamonautidae. The common name is the Natal river crab or Sidney's river crab, although they may also be referred to as "river crabs", "fresh water crabs" or "land crabs".
Potamonautes lividus, also known as the blue river crab, is a species of decapod in the family Potamonautidae.
Potamonautes perlatus, the Cape river crab, is a species of crab in the family Potamonautidae.
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