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Platythelphusa is a
genus of
freshwater crabs endemic to Lake Tanganyika. It has been
placed in a
number of families,
including a
monotypic family, Platythelphusidae...
- omnivores,
although a
small number are
specialist predators, such as
Platythelphusa armata from Lake Tanganyika,
which feeds almost entirely on snails....
- and
evolutionary pressure from snail-eating fish and, in particular,
Platythelphusa crabs. A
total of 17
freshwater snail genera are
endemic to the lake...
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Erimetopus Rathbun, 1894 Foza Dai & Bo, 1994
Liberonautes Bott, 1955
Platythelphusa A. Milne-Edwards, 1887
Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838
Potamonemus ****berlidge...
- Tanganyika,
where it is the only
freshwater crab
outside the
genus Platythelphusa.
Although primarily aquatic, P.
platynotus is
sometimes seen out of...
- to
about 1.6 cm (0.6 in),
although P.
kantsyore of
Kagera River, and
Platythelphusa maculata and P.
polita of Lake
Tanganyika are
almost as small. The only...
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Hafferia immaculata, a
species of
antbird in
South and
Central America Platythelphusa immaculata, a
species of
freshwater crabs endemic to Lake Tanganyika...
- as
cichlid fish (s**** dwellers), and
freshwater crabs of the
genus Platythelphusa.
Juvenile snails live in the
sediment in
order to
avoid predators. Smith...
- a tangle-web
spider Platysticta maculata, a
closed wing
damselfly Platythelphusa maculata, a
freshwater crab
Pleione maculata, a
Himalayan crocus Pleurobranchaea...
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antongilensis Platythelphusa armata Platythelphusa conculcata Platythelphusa denticulata Platythelphusa echinata Platythelphusa immaculata Platythelphusa maculata...
