| Potamon ibericum | |
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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. ibericum
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| Binomial name | |
| Potamon ibericum (Bieberstein, 1808)
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| Synonyms | |
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Cancer ibericum Bieberstein, 1808 | |
Potamon ibericum is a Eurasian species of freshwater crab. It is an omnivore that feeds on land, but returns regularly to the water, and can survive short periods of drought in burrows and under stones. Its natural range stretches from north-eastern Greece, around both sides of the Black Sea and to beyond the Caspian Sea; populations have also been introduced to southern France. It is included as a near threatened species on the IUCN Red List, and is included in the Red Data Book for Ukraine.
- ^ Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Potamon ibericum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T134681A3997379. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134681A3997379.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.