Global InformationLimnopilos naiyanetri information
| Limnopilos naiyanetri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Hymenosomatidae |
| Genus: | Limnopilos |
| Species: | L. naiyanetri
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| Binomial name | |
| Limnopilos naiyanetri Chuang & Ng, 1991
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Limnopilos naiyanetri, commonly referred to as the Thai micro crab or pill-box crab, is a freshwater hymenosomatid crab endemic to Thailand.[1] Its presence has only been confirmed in the Tha Chin River. The species was described in 1991 and represents the type species of Limnopilos. The Thai micro crab was first introduced to the aquarium hobby in 2008 when it was imported to Germany by the tropical fish importer Aquarium Glaser GmbH,[2] and has slowly grown in popularity with aquarium hobbyists. It remains a relatively rare species on the market and detailed information on the husbandry of this species is scarce.
- ^ Chuang, Christina; Ng, Peter (May 1991). "Preliminary descriptions of one new genus and three new species of hymenosomatid crabs from Southeast Asia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 39 (2): 363–368.
- ^ Diehl, K. (18 November 2008). "Limnopilos naiyanetri". Aquarium Glaser GmbH.