Deckenia is a genus of freshwater crabs from East Africa, in the family Potamonautidae,[1] or sometimes in a family of its own, Deckeniidae.[2] The genus was named by Hilgendorf after Karl Klaus von der Decken who collected the first examples during his expeditions to Africa. Both species live in swamps from Eyl in Somalia to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, both in coastal areas and further inland.[2] A third species, Deckenia alluaudi, lives in the Seychelles, and has been transferred to a separate genus, Seychellum.[3]
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Deckenia imitatrix
editDeckenia imitatrix is found in the coastal plains between Kenya and Somalia.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss, and is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.[4]
Deckenia mitis
editDeckenia mitis 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.[5]
References
edit- ^ P. K. L. Ng; D. Guinot & P. J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ P. K. L. Ng; Z. Števčić & G. Pretzmann (1995). "A revision of the family Deckeniidae Ortmann, 1897 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamoidea), with description of a new genus (Gecarcinucidae: Gecarcinucoidea) from the Seychelles, Indian Ocean". Journal of Natural History. 29 (3): 581–600. doi:10.1080/00222939500770201.
- ^ Neil Cumberlidge (2008). "Deckenia imitatrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T44516A10909993. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T44516A10909993.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ 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.