Diyutamon

Genus of crabs

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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]

Diyutamon
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Diyutamon

Huang, Shih & Ng, 2017
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D. cereum
Binomial name
Diyutamon cereum
Huang, Shih & Ng, 2017

It is a troglobiont, with a pale body coloration and strongly reduced eyes.

References

  1. ^ 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.

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