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Deckenia (crab)

Genus of crabs

Summary

Genus of crabs

  • Deckenia mitis Hilgendorf, 1898

Deckenia is a genus of freshwater crabs from East Africa, in the family Potamonautidae, or sometimes in a family of its own, Deckeniidae. The genus was named by Hilgendorf after Karl Klaus von der Decken who collected the first examples during his expeditions to Africa. Both species live in swamps from Eyl in Somalia to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, both in coastal areas and further inland. A third species, Deckenia alluaudi, lives in the Seychelles, and has been transferred to a separate genus, Seychellum.

''Deckenia imitatrix''

Deckenia imitatrix is found in the coastal plains between Kenya and Somalia. It is threatened by habitat loss, and is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

''Deckenia mitis''

Deckenia mitis is found in a few places in Kenya, and more widely in Tanzania from the eastern coastal lowlands to the western Wembere Steppe, and south to near Lake Malawi. It is threatened by habitat loss, and is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

References

References

  1. P. K. L. Ng. (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world". [[Raffles Bulletin of Zoology]].
  2. Saskia A. E. Marijnissen. (2005). "Revised distribution of the African freshwater crab genus ''Deckenia'' Hilgendorf, 1868 (Brachyura, Potamoidea, Deckeniidae)". [[Crustaceana]].
  3. P. K. L. Ng. (1995). "A revision of the family Deckeniidae Ortmann, 1897 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamoidea), with description of a new genus (Gecarcinucidae: Gecarcinucoidea) from the Seychelles, Indian Ocean". [[Journal of Natural History]].
  4. Neil Cumberlidge. (2008). "''Deckenia imitatrix''".
  5. Neil Cumberlidge. (2008). "''Deckenia mitis''".
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