Potamonautidae
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| Potamonautidae | |
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| File:Malagasy freshwater crab (Madagapotamon humberti) Ankarana.jpg | |
| Malagasy freshwater crab (Madagapotamon humberti), Ankarana Reserve, Madagascar | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Potamoidea |
| Family: | Potamonautidae Bott, 1970 [1] |
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Potamonautidae is a family of freshwater crabs endemic to Africa, including the islands of Madagascar, the Seychelles, Zanzibar, Mafia, Pemba, Bioko, São Tomé, Príncipe and Sherbro Island.[2] Fossil remains dating from the Late Miocene period have been attributed to the family Potamonautidae.[3]
It comprises the following subfamilies and genera:[1]
Liberonautinae Cumberlidge & Daniels, 2022
- Potamonemus Buea
- Cumberlidge, Mvogo Ndongo, Clark & Daniels, 2019 Bott, 1955
- Cumberlidge & Clark, 1992 Sudanonautes
- Louisea Bott, 1955
- Liberonautes Cumberlidge, 1994
- Acanthothelphusa Ortmann, 1897
- Bott, 1955 Bott, 1955
- A. Milne-Edwards, 1887 Potamonautes
- Maritimonautes MacLeay, 1838
- Erimetopus Cumberlidge & Daniels, 2022
- Bott, 1955 † Tanzanonautes
- Nesonautes Feldmann, O'Connor, Stevens, Gottfried, Roberts, Ngasala, Rasmusson & Kapilima, 2007
- Arcopotamonautes Rathbun, 1894
- Cumberlidge & Daniels, 2022 Occidensonautes
- Longipotamonautes Cumberlidge & Daniels, 2022
- Rotundopotamonautes Platythelphusa
References
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