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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that crabs of the species Potamon fluviatile may have lived in Rome since before the Romans?
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Reviewer: Ucucha 01:15, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Otherwise, it looks good; sources appear reliable and images are free. Ucucha 01:15, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, these are a few references for freshwater crabs in major cities: Cairo: http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_99B_0571-0589.pdf Johannesburg (Germiston): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651398916992 Depending on whether or not one considers Eriocheir sinensis 'freshwater', London, Hamburg, etc.: http://www.europe-aliens.org/pdf/Eriocheir_sinensis.pdf (and many others). I found the statement in National Geographic highly bizarre, could it be that they only meant Potamon fluviatile? I have never seen this species so I don't know how common it is. The two Potamonautes spp. are extremely common at the two locations. Rainbowwrasse (talk) 10:13, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]