Potamon fluviatile crabs' unusual size, up to , and longevity (up to 15 years) are also interpreted as evidence of a long-established population, by analogy with island gigantism. On the island of Malta, "Potamon fluviatile" is rare and restricted to a few locations in the west of the island. On Gozo, there is a single population which inhabits a stretch of river only long. In the Balkan Peninsula, "Potamon fluviatile" is known to occur in Croatia, Montenegro, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania and Greece. There are four species of "Potamon" in the Balkans, and "P. fluviatile" is replaced by "Potamon ibericum" in
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