Potamon

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Potamon
Potamon fluviatile02.jpg
Potamon fluviatile
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Potamidae
Subfamily: Potaminae
Genus: Potamon
Savigny, 1816 [1]
Type species
Potamon fluviatile
(Herbst, 1785)

Potamon is a genus of freshwater or semiterrestrial crabs mainly found from Southern Europe through the Middle East, and as far east as north-western India.[2] The only exception is the North African P. algeriense, which also is the only potamid of mainland Africa. Twenty species are currently recognised:.[1][3][4] These crabs are omnivores that have a broad ecological tolerance. The adult Potaman reach up to 50 mm in size during their 10-12 year life span.

  • Potamon algeriense Bott, 1967
  • Pretzmann, 1971
  • Brandis, Storch & Türkay, 2000
  • Potamon fluviatile (Herbst, 1785)
  • Alcock, 1909
  • Pretzmann, 1983
  • Potamon ibericum (Bieberstein, 1808)
  • Pretzmann, 1962
  • Pretzmann, 1962
  • Alcock, 1910
  • Jesse et al., 2010
  • Pretzmann, 1962
  • Potamon potamios (Olivier, 1804)
  • Parisi, 1913
  • Pretzmann, 1962
  • Rathbun, 1904
  • Pretzmann, 1962
  • Pretzmann, 1962
  • Keikhosravi & Schubart, 2014
  • Pretzmann, 1962

Many other taxa from Indochina, originally described as species of Potamon, are now placed in other genera, such as , , Eosamon, and .[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
  2. ^ Darren C. J. Yeo & Peter K. L. Ng (2007). "On the genus "Potamon" and allies in Indochina (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 16: 273–308.
  3. ^ Ruth Jesse, Christoph D. Schubart & Sebastian Klaus (2010). "Identification of a cryptic lineage within Potamon fluviatile (Herbst) (Crustacea : Brachyura : Potamidae)". . 24 (4): 348–356. doi:10.1071/IS10014.
  4. ^ Keikhosravi, Alireza; Schubart, Christoph D. (2014). "Description of new freshwater crab species of the genus Potamon(Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae) from Iran, based on morphological and genetic characters". In Daren C.J. Yeo (ed.). Advances in freshwater decapods systematics and biology. Brill. pp. 115–133. ISBN 978-9-0042-0760-8.


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