Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
Rivers
and streams
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
()
- (Chernyshev, 1960)
- Superclass:
Crustacea
()
- Pennant, 1777
- Crustaceans
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
()
- Class:
Crustacea
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Crustaceans
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
()
- Grobben, 1892
- Superorder:
Eucarida
()
- Calman, 1904
- Order:
Decapoda
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Decapods
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
()
- Burkenroad, 1963
- Infraorder:
Brachyura
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Superfamily:
Potamoidea
()
- Ortmann, 1896
- Family:
Potamidae
()
- Ortmann, 1896
- Subfamily:
313297).
()
- Genus:
Villopotamon
()
- Specific name:
guangdongense
- Dai and Tuerkay, 1997
- Scientific name: - Villopotamon guangdongense Dai and Tuerkay, 1997
- Specific name:
guangdongense
- Dai and Tuerkay, 1997
- Genus:
Villopotamon
(
- Subfamily:
313297).
(
- Family:
Potamidae
(
- Superfamily:
Potamoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Brachyura
(
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
(
- Order:
Decapoda
(
- Superorder:
Eucarida
(
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
(
- Class:
Crustacea
(
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
(
- Superclass:
Crustacea
(
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Subfamily Potamiscinae.[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Villopotamon
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Further Reading
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- Dai, A.Y. & Tuerkay, M. 1997. Revision of the chinese freshwater crabs previously placed in the genus Isolapotamon Bott, 1968 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 45(2): 237 - 264.
- Yeo, D.C.J. and Ng, P.K.L. 2007. On the genus "Potamon" and allies in Indochina (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 16: 273-308.
Notes
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Contributors
- Esser, L. and Cumberlidge, N. 2008. Villopotamon guangdongense. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- IUCN ID: 248633
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4756845
Footnotes
- Esser, L. and Cumberlidge, N. 2008. Villopotamon guangdongense. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
