Deckenia mitis
| Deckenia mitis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Deckeniidae |
| Genus: | Deckenia |
| Species: | D. mitis |
| Binomial name | |
| Deckenia mitis Hilgendorf, 1898 | |
Deckenia mitis is a species of crustacean in the family Deckeniidae. It 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.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss, and is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.[1]
References
- 1 2 Neil Cumberlidge (2008). "Deckenia mitis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008 e.T44517A10910363. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T44517A10910363.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ↑ Saskia A. E. Marijnissen; Sven Lange & Neil Cumberlidge (2005). "Revised distribution of the African freshwater crab genus Deckenia Hilgendorf, 1868 (Brachyura, Potamoidea, Deckeniidae)" (PDF). Crustaceana. 78 (7): 889–896. doi:10.1163/156854005774445546. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-01-31.