Potamonautes platynotus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Potamonautidae |
Genus: | Potamonautes |
Species: | P. platynotus
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Binomial name | |
Potamonautes platynotus Cunnington, 1907
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Potamonautes 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, P. platynotus is sometimes seen out of water, and can survive for many hours without water.[1]