Potamonautes choloensis

Potamonautes choloensis is a species of freshwater crustacean in the family Potamonautidae.

Potamonautes choloensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Order:
Decapoda
Family:
Potamonautidae
Genus:
Potamonautes
Species:
P. choloensis
Binomial name
Potamonautes choloensis
(Chace, 1953)
Synonyms

Potamon choloensis Chace, 1953

Range and habitat

Potamonautes choloensis is native to mountain rivers and streams in portions of Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique. In has been found in the Nyika Plateau, Zomba Plateau, and Mulanje Massif of Malawi, the mountains of southwestern Tanzania bordering Lake Malawi, and on Mount Mabu and Mount Inago, isolated inselbergs in northern Mozambique.[1][2]

Its natural habitat is mountain rivers and streams. It is found between 1,829 and 2,134 meters elevation on the Nyika Plateau, at 1,981 meters near Rumphi in Nyika National Park, at 1,800 meters on the Zomba Plateau, up to 2,500 meters on Chambe Peak in the Mulanje Massif, and at 1,700 meters on Mount Mabu.[1]

References
  1. Cumberlidge, N. (2018). "Potamonautes choloensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T44521A114989874. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T44521A114989874.en. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  2. Savel R. Daniels, Julian Bayliss (2012). Neglected refugia of biodiversity: mountainous regions in Mozambique and Malawi yield two novel freshwater crab species (Potamonautidae: Potamonautes), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 164, Issue 3, March 2012, Pages 498–509, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00773.x
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