Potamonautidae

Potamonautidae
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent
Malagasy freshwater crab (Madagapotamon humberti) Ankarana.jpg
Malagasy freshwater crab (Madagapotamon humberti), Ankarana Reserve, Madagascar
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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]

Deckeniinae Ortmann, 1897
Hydrothelphusinae Bott, 1955
  • Afrithelphusa Bott, 1969
  • Boreas Cumberlidge & von Sternberg, 2002
  • Globonautes Bott, 1959
  • Hydrothelphusa A. Milne-Edwards, 1872
  • Louisea Cumberlidge, 1994
  • Madagapotamon Bott, 1965
  • Malagasya Cumberlidge & von Sternberg, 2002
  • Marojejy Cumberlidge, Boyko & Harvey, 2002
  • Skelosophusa Ng & Takeda, 1994
Potamonautinae Bott, 1970
  • Erimetopus Rathbun, 1894
  • Foza Dai & Bo, 1994
  • Liberonautes Bott, 1955
  • Platythelphusa A. Milne-Edwards, 1887
  • Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838
  • Potamonemus Cumberlidge & P. F. Clark, 1992
  • Sudanonautes Bott, 1955
  • TanzanonautesFeldmann et al., 2007

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.
  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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