Diyutamon
Genus of crabs
| Diyutamon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Potamoidea |
| Family: | Potamidae |
| Subfamily: | Potamiscinae |
| Genus: | Diyutamon Huang, Shih & Ng, 2017 |
| Species: | D. cereum |
| Binomial name | |
| Diyutamon cereum Huang, Shih & Ng, 2017 | |
Diyutamon cereum is a species of potamoid freshwater crab discovered in 2017 from a cave in Guizhou, China. It is the only species of the genus Diyutamon.[1]
It is a troglobiont, with a pale body coloration and strongly reduced eyes.
References
- ^ Huang, Chao; Shih, Hsi-Te; Ng, Peter K.L. (February 15, 2017). "A new genus and new species of Potamidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamoidae), the first stygomorphic cave crab known from China and East Asia". Zootaxa. 4232 (1): zootaxa.4232.1.5. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4232.1.5. PMID 28264380. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
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