List of MALACOSTRACA species in South Africa



This is a list of MALACOSTRACA in South Africa according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Potamonautes depressus Flat River Crab 64381 LC
Potamonautes brincki Brinck's River Crab 64377 LC
Potamonautes clarus Bright River Crab 64379 LC
Potamonautes dentatus Toothed River Crab 64380 LC
Potamonautes granularis 64383 LC
Potamonautes lividus Blue River Crab 64385 VU
Potamonautes parvicorpus 64387 LC
Potamonautes parvispina 64388 LC
Caridina africana 197793 DD
Homarinus capensis 169982 DD
Caridina susuroflabra 197953 DD
Palaemon capensis 198236 LC
Caridina umtatensis 198250 DD
Paramelita barnardi 16127 EN
Paramelita flexa 16128 VU
Aquadulcaris pheronyx 1950 CR

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)