Louisea

Louisea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Potamonautidae
Subfamily:	Liberonautinae
Genus:	Louisea; Cumberlidge, 1994
Species
	Louisea balssi (Bott, 1959); Louisea edeaensis (Bott, 1969);

Louisea is a genus of freshwater crabs in the family Potamonautidae, containing two species, Louisea balssi and Louisea edeaensis.¹ Both species are endemic to Cameroon and listed as endangered species on the IUCN Red List.

Louisea edeaensis is known from only three specimens, which were collected in 1910 from two locations in Edéa and Yabassi,² while Louisea balssi is only known from four specimens collected in the Bamenda highlands, and has not been seen alive since 1909.³

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.
N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Louisea edeaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008 e.T12383A3339062. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T12383A3339062.en. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Louisea balssi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008 e.T134759A4009175. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134759A4009175.en. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

[Ng-1] 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.

[2] N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Louisea edeaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008 e.T12383A3339062. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T12383A3339062.en. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

[3] N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Louisea balssi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008 e.T134759A4009175. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134759A4009175.en. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

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