Potamonautidae
| Potamonautidae | |
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| Malagasy freshwater crab (Madagapotamon humberti), Ankarana Reserve, Madagascar | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Potamoidea |
| Family: | 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] 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
- Buea Cumberlidge, Mvogo Ndongo, Clark & Daniels, 2019
- Liberonautes Bott, 1955
- Louisea Cumberlidge, 1994
- Potamonemus Cumberlidge & Clark, 1992
- Sudanonautes Bott, 1955
- Acanthothelphusa Ortmann, 1897
- Arcopotamonautes Bott, 1955
- Erimetopus Rathbun, 1894
- Longipotamonautes Bott, 1955
- Maritimonautes Cumberlidge & Daniels, 2022
- Nesonautes Cumberlidge & Daniels, 2022
- Occidensonautes Cumberlidge & Daniels, 2022
- Platythelphusa A. Milne-Edwards, 1887
- Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838
- Rotundopotamonautes Bott, 1955
- †Tanzanonautes Feldmann, O'Connor, Stevens, Gottfried, Roberts, Ngasala, Rasmusson & Kapilima, 2007
References
- ^ a b Davie, Peter (15 December 2009). "Potamonautidae Bott, 1970". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ Cumberlidge, Neil (January 2008). "Insular species of Afrotropical freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamonautidae and Potamidae) with special reference to Madagascar and the Seychelles" (PDF). Contributions to Zoology. 77 (2): 71–81. doi:10.1163/18759866-07702003.
- ^ Martin, Joel W.; Trautwein, Sandra (2003). "Fossil crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Lothagam". In Leakey, Meave G.; Harris, John M. (eds.). Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa (PDF). Columbia University Press. pp. 67–73. doi:10.7312/leak11870-005. ISBN 978-0-231-50760-8 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.