Global InformationDiyutamon information
| Diyutamon | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Subphylum: | Crustacea
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| Class: | Malacostraca
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| Order: | Decapoda
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| Infraorder: | Brachyura
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| Superfamily: | Potamoidea
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| Family: | Potamidae
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| Subfamily: | Potamiscinae
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| Genus: | Diyutamon Huang, Shih & Ng, 2017
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| Species: | D. cereum
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| Binomial name | |
| Diyutamon cereum Huang, Shih & Ng, 2017
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Diyutamon cereum is a species of potamoid freshwater crab discovered in 2017 from a cave in Guizhou, China. It is the only species of the genus Diyutamon.[1]
It is a troglobiont, with a pale body coloration and strongly reduced eyes.
- ^ Huang, Chao; Shih, Hsi-Te; Ng, Peter K.L. (February 15, 2017). "A new genus and new species of Potamidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamoidae), the first stygomorphic cave crab known from China and East Asia". Zootaxa. 4232 (1): zootaxa.4232.1.5. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4232.1.5. PMID 28264380. Retrieved 17 May 2023.