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Tiwaripotamon vietnamicum

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Tiwaripotamon vietnamicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Potamidae
Genus: Tiwaripotamon
Species:
T. vietnamicum
Binomial name
Tiwaripotamon vietnamicum
(Đăng & Hồ, 2002)
Synonyms[2]
  • Geothelphusa vietnamica Đăng & Hồ, 2002
  • Hainanpotamon vietnamicum (Đăng & Hồ, 2002)

Tiwaripotamon vietnamicum is a species of crab. Originally described as a species of Geothelphusa, it is now treated as part of the genus Tiwaripotamon, although it has also been suggested as a member of Hainanpotamon.[3] It is only known from a single locality in Cúc Phương National Park, Ninh Bình Province, Vietnam.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Esser, L. & Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Tiwaripotamon vietnamicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T134412A3952579. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134412A3952579.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  3. ^ Darren C. J. Yeo & Tohru Naruse (2007). "A revision of the freshwater crab genus Hainanpotamon Dai, 1995 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae: Potamiscinae), with a redescription of Potamon (Potamon) orientale (Parisi, 1916) and descriptions of three new species" (PDF). Zoological Science. 24 (11): 1143–1158. doi:10.2108/zsj.24.1143.