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Globonautes macropus (Tree Hole Crab)

Synonyms: Potamon macropus

Wikipedia Abstract

Globonautes macropus is a species of crab in the family Potamonautidae, the only species in the genus Globonautes. It is found in Guinea and Liberia and presumably in Sierra Leone, and is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List. It lives in tree hollows filled with water, in closed-canopy rainforest.
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Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Globonautes macropus

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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0