Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Trichodactylus crassus (Trichodactylus crassus), recorded as Endangered
Trichodactylus crassus (Trichodactylus crassus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Trichodactylus crassus

Trichodactylus crassus

Una ning gihulagway ni A is a krustaseo.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Trichodactylus crassus
Recorded from
Brazil
Taxonomy
Malacostraca · Decapoda · Trichodactylidae · Trichodactylus

The crayfish or crab

It was first described by A.

Decapods are ten-legged crustaceans — crabs, shrimps, and crayfishes. Freshwater species here are usually tied to a drainage.

Malacostracans include crayfishes, crabs, and shrimps. Freshwater species are often narrow endemics.

Range and habitat

Trichodactylus crassus is recorded from Brazil.

GBIF currently lists 29 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Freshwater crayfishes and crabs walk the bed. Dams, silt, and introduced species cut a drainage into fragments they cannot cross.

Crayfishes and crabs need cover and clean water. A named form from one creek is not interchangeable with the next drainage.

In crisis

Trichodactylus crassus is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the Cebuano Wikipedia article on Trichodactylus crassus, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q6498699 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Trichodactylus crassus?
Una ning gihulagway ni A is a krustaseo.
What is the conservation status of Trichodactylus crassus?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Trichodactylus crassus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Trichodactylus crassus live?
Una ning gihulagway ni A is a krustaseo.
Why is Trichodactylus crassus in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Trichodactylus crassus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Trichodactylus crassus a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.