Diyutamon Explained

Diyutamon cereum is a species of potamoid freshwater crab discovered in 2017 from a cave in Guizhou, China. It is the only species of the genus Diyutamon.^[1]

It is a troglobiont, with a pale body coloration and strongly reduced eyes.

Notes and References

1. Huang . Chao . Shih . Hsi-Te . Ng . Peter K.L. . A new genus and new species of Potamidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamoidae), the first stygomorphic cave crab known from China and East Asia . Zootaxa . February 15, 2017 . 4232 . 1 . zootaxa.4232.1.5 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.1.5 . 28264380 . 17 May 2023. subscription .