Potamonautes raybouldi

Potamonautes raybouldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Potamonautidae
Genus: Potamonautes
Species: P. raybouldi
Binomial name
Potamonautes raybouldi
Cumberlidge & Vannini, 2004

Potamonautes raybouldi is a species of freshwater crab. It lives in water-filled tree holes in forests in the eastern Usambara Mountains of Tanzania and the Shimba Hills in Kenya.[1] It is threatened by deforestation resulting from the expansion of the human population, and is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List.[1] The species was described in 2004, and named after Professor John N. Raybould of the University of Bristol, who collected the first specimens of the species.[2]

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