Potamonautes isimangaliso is a species of freshwater crab in the family Potamonautidae. It is endemic to iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. Its natural habitat are the ephemeral wetlands fringing the western shores of False Bay. Molecular DNA analyses were required to distinguish it from the similar and rather variable P. lividus, which occurs further inland.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Isimangaliso Freshwater Crab being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Potamonautes bayonianus
- Potamonautes unispinus
- Potamonautes sidneyi
- Potamonautes mariepskoppie
- Potamonautes warreni
- Geothelphusa miyazakii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Potamonautidae
- Genus
- Potamonautes
- Species
- Potamonautes isimangaliso
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