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Potamon potamios 
Summary
Potamon potamios, the Levantine freshwater crab, is a semi-terrestrial crab occurring around the eastern Mediterranean, including many Mediterranean islands,[1] extending as far south and west as the Sinai Peninsula.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Potamidae |
| Genus: | Potamon |
| Species: | P. potamios
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| Potamon potamios (Olivier, 1804)
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References edit
- ^ a b Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Potamon potamios". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135117A4061032. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135117A4061032.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Neil Cumberlidge (2009). "Freshwater Crabs and Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Nile Basin". In Henri J. Dumont (ed.). The Nile: Origin, Environments, Limnology and Human Use. Monographiae Biologicae. Vol. 89. Springer. pp. 546–562. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-9726-3_27. ISBN 978-1-4020-9725-6.
External links edit
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