Maltese freshwater crab | |
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Potamon fluviatile lanfrancoi (Qabru) in Baħrija | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Potamidae |
Genus: | Potamon |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | P. f. lanfrancoi
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Trinomial name | |
Potamon fluviatile lanfrancoi Capolongo & Cilia, 1990
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The Maltese freshwater crab (Potamon fluviatile lanfrancoi) is a subspecies of freshwater crab, endemic to certain areas within the Maltese Islands. It is very rare and its numbers have been decreasing in recent years.