Potamiscus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Heterotremata
Superfamilia: Potamoidea

Superfamilia: Potamidae
Subfamilia: Potamiscinae
Genus: Potamiscus
Species: P. annandalii – P. cangyuanensis – P. chizami – P. crassus – P. decourcyi – P. elaphrius – P. fumariatus – P. loshingensis – P. mima – P. montosus – P. motuoensis – P. palelense – P. rangoonensis – P. rongjingensis – P. takedai – P. tumidulus – P. whitteni – P. yiwuensis – P. yongshengensis – P. yunnanensis
Name

Potamiscus Alcock, 1909

Type species: Potamiscus annandalii Alcock, 1909 (type by monotypy)

References
Primary references

Alcock, A.W. 1909. Diagnoses of new species and varieties of freshwater crabs. Nos 1-3. Records of the Indian Museum. 3(3): 243–253. BHL Reference page.
[original description of Potamiscus: p. 246]

Additional references

Pati, S.K. 2021. Two new species of freshwater crabs of the genus Potamiscus Alcock, 1909 (Brachyura: Potamidae) from Nagaland, northeastern India. Nauplius. 29(e2021006): 1-14. DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2021006 Open access Reference page.

Links

Potamiscus in the World Register of Marine Species

BHL bibliography
Potamiscus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Potamiscus.
ION
Species-ID

Potamiscus[1] is the type genus of freshwater crabs in the subfamily Potamiscinae: recorded from Asian countries including China and Vietnam.
Species

Potamiscus annandali (Alcock, 1909)
Potamiscus cangyuanensis Dai, 1999
Potamiscus decourcyi (Kemp, 1913)
Potamiscus elaphrius Dai, G.-X. Chen, J.-B. Liu, Luo, Yi, Z.-H. Liu, Gu & C.-H. Liu, 1990
Potamiscus loshingensis (H. W. Wu, 1934)
Potamiscus montosus Dai, Y. Z. Song, He, Cao, Z. B. Xu & Zhong, 1975
Potamiscus motuoensis Dai, 1990
Potamiscus pealianus (Wood-Mason, 1871)
Potamiscus rangoonensis (Rathbun, 1904)
Potamiscus rongjingensis Dai, G.-X. Chen, J.-B. Liu, Luo, Yi, Z.-H. Liu, Gu & C.-H. Liu, 1990
Potamiscus tumidulus (Alcock, 1909)
Potamiscus yiwuensis Dai & Cai, 1998
Potamiscus yongshengensis Dai & G.-X. Chen, 1985
Potamiscus yunnanensis (Kemp, 1924)

References

World Register of Marine Species: Potamiscus Alcock, 1909 (retrieved 18 August 2017)