Arcopotamonautes platynotus

Arcopotamonautes platynotus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Potamonautidae
Genus: Arcopotamonautes
Species:
A. platynotus
Binomial name
Arcopotamonautes platynotus
Cunnington, 1907

Arcopotamonautes platynotus is a species of freshwater crab which is endemic to Lake Tanganyika, where it is the only freshwater crab outside the genus Platythelphusa. Although primarily aquatic, A. platynotus is sometimes seen out of water, and can survive for many hours without water.