Nutritional Freshwater Life
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Paratelphusa masoniana Henderson 1893
Order: Decapoda
Family: Potaminidae
Common name: Freshwater crab.
Distribution: India (Manhas et al., 2013).
Habitat: Rivers, freshwater systems.
Description: The maximum carapace
width and weight recorded are 6 cm
and 85 g, respectively. The post-orbital
crests are prominent. The abdomen of
the adult male is regularly triangular.
The sixth segment is never broad, its
length almost always being equal to
and seldom exceeding its distal breadth.
The telson is never broadly triangular
but is broadly semielliptical or tongue
shaped, or at least elongate (Bahir and
Yeo, 2007).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% DM)
Protein
Lipid
Ash
Moisture a
54.28
4.83
8.37
80.98
a Wet weight.
Source: Data from Langer et al. (2013).
Sudanonautes africanus A. Milne-Edwards 1869
DORSAL AND VENTRAL SIDES
Order: Decapoda
Family: Potamonautidae
Common name: African river crab.
Distribution: Eastern part of West
Africa; Nigeria, Cameroon, and Central
Africa (Cumberlidge, 2008c).
Habitat: Streams, rivers, rain forests.
Description: In this species, the terminal segment of gonopod is thin and
needle-like. Carapace is flat. Post-frontal
crest meets the anterolateral margin at
the epibranchial tooth. Carapace has