Acanthothelphusa lirrangensis
Species of crab
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Acanthothelphusa lirrangensis, the Malawi blue crab,[2] is a species of freshwater crab in the family Potamonautidae. This common and widespread species is found in Lake Malawi, Lake Kivu, the upper Congo River Basin and Malagarasi River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Rwanda, and Tanzania.[1] In the freshwater aquarium trade it is sometimes sold under the synonym Potamonautes orbitospinus.[2]
| Acanthothelphusa lirrangensis | |
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| Museum specimens. Living individuals are typically bluish | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Potamonautidae |
| Genus: | Acanthothelphusa |
| Species: | A. lirrangensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthothelphusa lirrangensis (Rathbun, 1904) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Potamonautes orbitospinus Cunnington, 1907 | |
