Hainanpotamon vietnamicum

Hainanpotamon vietnamicum is a species of crab. Originally described as a species of Geothelphusa, it is now treated as part of the genus Hainanpotamon, although it has also been suggested as a member of Tiwaripotamon.[3] It is only known from a single locality in Cúc Phương National Park, Ninh Bình Province, Vietnam.[1]

Hainanpotamon vietnamica
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Potamidae
Genus:	Hainanpotamon
Species:	H. vietnamicum
Binomial name
Hainanpotamon vietnamicum (Dang & Ho, 2002)
Synonyms[2]
Geothelphusa vietnamica Dang & Ho, 2002

References

1. Esser, L. & Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Tiwaripotamon vietnamicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T134412A3952579. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134412A3952579.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
2. Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
3. Darren C. J. Yeo & Tohru Naruse (2007). "A revision of the freshwater crab genus Hainanpotamon Dai, 1995 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae: Potamiscinae), with a redescription of Potamon (Potamon) orientale (Parisi, 1916) and descriptions of three new species" (PDF). Zoological Science. 24 (11): 1143–1158. doi:10.2108/zsj.24.1143.