Potamonautidae

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Potamonautidae
Malagasy freshwater crab (Madagapotamon humberti) Ankarana.jpg
Malagasy freshwater crab (Madagapotamon humberti), Ankarana Reserve, Madagascar
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Potamoidea
Family: Potamonautidae
Bott, 1970 [1]

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] It comprises 18 extant genera and 138 extant species.[3] Fossil remains dating from the Late Miocene period have been attributed to the family Potamonautidae.[4]

It comprises the following subfamilies and genera:[3]

Ortmann, 1897
Bott, 1955
  • Afrithelphusa Bott, 1969
  • Cumberlidge & von Sternberg, 2002
  • Globonautes Bott, 1959
  • A. Milne-Edwards, 1872
  • Louisea Cumberlidge, 1994
  • Bott, 1965
  • Cumberlidge & von Sternberg, 2002
  • Cumberlidge, Boyko & Harvey, 2002
  • Ng & Takeda, 1994
Bott, 1970

References[]

  1. ^ "Potamonautidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
  2. ^ Neil Cumberlidge (2008). "Insular species of Afrotropical freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamonautidae and Potamidae) with special reference to Madagascar and the Seychelles". Contributions to Zoology. 77 (2): 71–81. Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  3. ^ a b Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
  4. ^ Joel W. Martin & S. Trautwein (2003). "Fossil crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Lothagam". In M. G. Leakey & J. M. Harris (eds.). Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa (PDF). Columbia University Press. pp. 67–73.


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