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Potamonautes raybouldi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Infraorder
  
Brachyura

Scientific name
  
Potamonautes raybouldi

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Decapoda

Family
  
Potamonautidae

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Potamonautes lirrangensis, Potamonautidae, Potamonautes

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. 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. 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.

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Potamonautes raybouldi Wikipedia