Potamon rhodium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Potamidae |
Genus: | Potamon |
Species: | P. rhodium
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Binomial name | |
Potamon rhodium (Parisi, 1913)
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Potamon rhodium, commonly known as the Rhodes freshwater crab and locally known as the Valley crab, is a semi-terrestrial crab endemic to the island of Rhodes, Greece. The unique pattern on the carapace seems to mimic a moth.[2]
Like other crabs in the family Potamidae, it is an omnivorous species, and males are larger than females.[3]