Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Order Decapoda Scientific name Globonautes macropus | Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Family Potamonautidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Potamonautidae, Gecarcinucidae, Seychellum, Platythelphusa, Potamonautes |
Globonautes macropus is a species of crab in the family Potamonautidae, the only species in the genus Globonautes. It is found in Guinea and Liberia and presumably in Sierra Leone, and is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List. It lives in tree hollows filled with water, in closed-canopy rainforest.
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