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New Records, Biogeography, And Habitat Protection Needs Of Four Species Of Potamon (Decapoda: Brachyura) In Greece, Eugene G. Maurakis, David V. Grimes
New Records, Biogeography, And Habitat Protection Needs Of Four Species Of Potamon (Decapoda: Brachyura) In Greece, Eugene G. Maurakis, David V. Grimes
Virginia Journal of Science
Objectives are to determine the occurrence of species of Potamon in eastern Crete and the Aegean Islands (Chios, Naxos, Paros, Mykonos, Tinos and Andros); generate phylogenetic relationships among species to propose a biogeographic hypothesis relative to current distributions of the four species of the freshwater crab genus, Potamon, in Greece; and comment on the need to protect habitat suitable for the survival of species of Potamon in the country. Our collections, made in areas not previously sampled by researchers, indicate the presence of Potamon fluviatile on Tinos, N axos, and Andros, and Potamon potamios from central to eastern Crete; …