Daipotamon minos is a cavernicolous freshwater crab species found in a single limestone cave near La Tai village in Libo county, Guizhou province at an altitude of about 600 m above sea level, where it inhabits slowly flowing or stagnant parts of a subterranean river.[2] It is the only species of the genus Daipotamon.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Potamidae |
| Genus: | Daipotamon |
| Species: | D. minos
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| Daipotamon minos | |
References
edit- ^ Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Daipotamon minos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T134081A3891811. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134081A3891811.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Ng, Peter K. L. & Trontelj, Peter (1996). "Daipotamon minos, a new genus and species of potamid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from a cave in China". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 109: 476–481. ISSN 0006-324X.
- ^ "Daipotamon Ng & Trontelj, 1996". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
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