Maltese freshwater crab

Maltese freshwater crab
Potamon fluviatile lanfrancoi
(Qabru) in Baħrija
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Potamidae
Genus: Potamon
Species:
Subspecies:
P. f. lanfrancoi
Trinomial name
Potamon fluviatile lanfrancoi
Capolongo & Cilia, 1990

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.