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Bieberstein's freshwater crab

Potamon ibericum

Classification

Family
Potamidae

The Iberian freshwater crab (Potamon ibericum) is a Eurasian species of freshwater crab. It is an omnivore that feeds on land, but returns regularly to the water, and can survive short periods of drought in burrows and under stones. Its natural range stretches from north-eastern Greece, around both sides of the Black Sea and to beyond the Caspian Sea; populations have also been introduced to southern France.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 3