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Potamonautidae
Malagasy freshwater crab (Madagapotamon humberti), Ankarana Reserve, Madagascar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Potamoidea
Family: Potamonautidae
Bott, 1970 

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

It comprises the following subfamilies and genera:

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. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Potamonautidae


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