Deckenia mitis
Species of crab
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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]
| 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 | |
