Deckenia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Heterotremata
Superfamilia: Potamoidea

Familia: Potamonautidae
Subfamilia: Deckeniinae
Genus: Deckenia (Hilgendorf)
Species: D. imitatrix – D. mitis
Name

Deckenia (Hilgendorf) Hilgendorf, 1868

Type species: Deckenia imitatrix Franz Martin Hilgendorf, 1869.
References
Additional references

Bott, R. 1955. Die Süsswasserkrabben von Afrika und ihre Stammesgeschichte. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo belge 1(3): 209–352. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Marijnissen SA, Lange S & Cumberlidge N. 2005. Revised distribution of the African freshwater crab genus Deckenia Hilgendorf, 1868 (Brachyura, Potamoidea, Deckeniidae). Crustaceana, 78(7):889-896.[1]

Deckenia is a genus of freshwater crabs from East Africa, in the family Potamonautidae,[1] or sometimes in a family of its own, Deckeniidae.[2] The genus was named by Hilgendorf after Karl Klaus von der Decken who collected the first examples during his expeditions to Africa. Both species live in swamps from Eyl in Somalia to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, both in coastal areas and further inland.[2] A third species, Deckenia alluaudi, lives in the Seychelles, and has been transferred to a separate genus, Seychellum.[3]
Deckenia imitatrix

Deckenia imitatrix is found in the coastal plains between Kenya and Somalia.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss, and is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.[4]
Deckenia mitis

Deckenia mitis is found in a few places in Kenya, and more widely in Tanzania from the eastern coastal lowlands to the western Wembere Steppe, and south to near Lake Malawi.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss, and is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.[5]
References

P. K. L. Ng; D. Guinot & P. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
Saskia A. E. Marijnissen; Sven Lange & Neil Cumberlidge (2005). "Revised distribution of the African freshwater crab genus Deckenia Hilgendorf, 1868 (Brachyura, Potamoidea, Deckeniidae)" (PDF). Crustaceana. 78 (7): 889–896. doi:10.1163/156854005774445546. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
P. K. L. Ng; Z. Števčić & G. Pretzmann (1995). "A revision of the family Deckeniidae Ortmann, 1897 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamoidea), with description of a new genus (Gecarcinucidae: Gecarcinucoidea) from the Seychelles, Indian Ocean". Journal of Natural History. 29 (3): 581–600. doi:10.1080/00222939500770201.
Neil Cumberlidge (2008). "Deckenia imitatrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T44516A10909993. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T44516A10909993.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
Neil Cumberlidge (2008). "Deckenia mitis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T44517A10910363. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T44517A10910363.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.