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
Deckenia Hilgendorf, 1869
Seychellum Ng, Števčić & Pretzmann, 1995
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
Tanzanonautes † Feldmann et al., 2007
^"Potamonautidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
^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.
^ abSammy 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.
^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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