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Nanhaipotamon formosanum

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA ARTHROPODA CRUSTACEA DECAPODA POTAMIDAE

Scientific Name: Nanhaipotamon formosanum
Species Authority: (Parisi, 1916)
Common Name/s:
English – Taiwan's South China Sea River Crab
Taxonomic Notes: Subfamily Potamiscinae.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1
Year Published: 2008
Assessor/s: Cumberlidge, N.
Reviewer/s: Ng, P. and McIvor, A.
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Vulnerable because its extent of occurrence is very restricted (less than 500 km²), all individuals are in just five localities, and there are potential threats from pollution and deforestation that may result in a decline in the extent and quality of its habitat in lowland rice fields. This species is not found in a protected area.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Taiwan: Only known from western Taiwan (Bain-Her). Zhanghua/Changhua, Nantou, Yunling, Jiayi/Chiayi and Tainan.
Taiwan, Nantou, Chung-Hsing Village.
Countries:
Native:
Taiwan, Province of China
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Population [top]

Population: There is no information on population size, abundance, or trends.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Lives in holes along the banks of streams under an altitude of 500 m above sea level. Also in mud burrows in rice fields with a depth of 50 cm.
Systems: Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Habitat loss and pollution.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: No conservation measures are known to be in place for this species and it is not found in a protected area.
Citation: Cumberlidge, N. 2008. Nanhaipotamon formosanum. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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