Description of a new montane freshwater crab (Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Potamonautidae) from the Eastern Cape, South Africa [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2023 A new species of freshwater crab, Potamonautes amathole sp. nov., is described from the Winterberg-Amathole mountain range in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Morphologically, P. amathole Peer & Gouws, sp. nov.
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A new species of the freshwater crab genus Potamonemus Cumberlidge & Clark, 1992 (Crustacea, Potamonautidae) endemic to the forested highlands of southwestern Cameroon, Central Africa [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Potamonemus Cumberlidge & Clark, 1992 is described from Mount Manengouba Reserve and Bakossi National Park in the tropical rainforests of southwestern Cameroon, Central Africa. Potamonemus man sp. nov.
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A review of the freshwater crabs of Turkey (Brachyura, Potamidae) [PDF]
Archives of Polish Fisheries, 2018 The present status of freshwater crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) in Turkey is reviewed in this study, with the purpose of identifying the exact number of species, their conservation status, and their distribution.
Harlıoğlu Muzaffer Mustafa +2 more
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Morphometrics and Reproductive Characteristics of the Freshwater Crab Sartoriana spinigera from the Habitat of Ratargul Swamp Forest, Bangladesh: An Approach to Conservation [PDF]
ScientificaA total of 332 freshwater crab Sartoriana spinigera samples were collected for eight consecutive months from the Ratargul freshwater swamp forest, Bangladesh, to examine their general morphometrics and reproductive traits. The length-weight relationships
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Journal of Agriculture and Food ResearchFreshwater crab shells (Somanniathelphusa dugasti) are abundant in inland areas and rich in chitosan, which can be extracted and utilized. This study investigated the characteristics of chitosan from freshwater crab shells (FC-chitosan) and its impact on
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Antiproliferative effects of fresh water crab hemolymph and meat extract on breast cancer cell line [PDF]
Journal of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, 2021 Background and aims: Despite the advances in drugs, side effects of chemotherapy drugs continue to exist. Therefore, more attention has been paid to the compounds derived from medicinal herbs and aquatic organisms.
Leila Rezakhani +4 more
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Absorption of Silver on the Gills of a Freshwater Crab [PDF]
Nature, 1952 UNDER this title, Dr. D. W. Ewer and Ivan Hattingh1 quote in the following context a passage from a paper of mine2: “The localization of the silver-absorbing areas to certain gills which we have found in Potamon provides an exception to Koch's statement that ‘tous les organes decrits comme branchies chez les Crustaces…absorbent l'Ag'’.” However, the ...
D. W. EWER, IVAN HATTINGH
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2020 Patterns and processes of cladogenesis among taxa living on the Mozambique ‘sky islands’ remain poorly studied. During the present study, we report on a new freshwater crab species from Mount Lico, an inselberg and ‘sky island’ in the Zambezia Province ...
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-SURVEY OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA IN FRESHWATER CRAB (POTAMON MESOPOTAMICUM) COLLECTED FROM TIGRIS , BASRAH. [PDF]
Basrah Journal of Veterinary Research, 2015 The present study was carried out to determine the presence of pathogenic bacteria in freshwater crab (Potamon mesopotamicum) in Tigris at North of Qurna, as well as their antibiotic resistance. A total of 21 bacterial isolates consisting three
Ghazi maleh Al-Malki
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The oldest freshwater crabs: claws on dinosaur bones [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2019 Abstract With approximately 1,500 extant species, freshwater crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) are among the most diverse decapod crustaceans. Nevertheless, their fossil record is extremely limited: only Potamidae, Potamonautidae and Trichodactylidae are reported up to the Eocene of the Neotropics so far.
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