Potaminae

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: Potaminae
Genus: Potamon
Species: P. algeriense – P. bileki – P. bilobatum – P. elbursi – P. fluviatile – P. gedrosianum – P. hippocratis – P. hueceste – P. ibericum – P. ilam – P. karpathos – P. kretaion – P. magnum – P. mesopotamicum – P. pelops – P. persicum – P. potamios – P. rhodium – P. ruttneri – P. setigerum – P. strouhali – P. transkaspicum
Name

Potamon Savigny, 1816: 107

Type species: Potamon fluviatile Savigny, 1816 [accepted as Potamon potamios (Olivier, 1804)] (type by monotypy)
Synonyms

Cancer (Thelphusa) Latreille, 1819
Potamon (Centropotamon) Pretzmann, 1962
Potamon (Euthelphusa) Pretzmann, 1962
Potamon (Orientopotamon) Pretzmann, 1962
Potamon (Pontipotamon) Pretzmann, 1962
Potamon (Potamon) Savigny, 1816
Potamon (Telphusa) Latreille, 1819 (misspelling)
Potamon (Thelphusa) Latreille, 1819
Potamophilus Latreille, 1818 (pre-occupied)
Telphusa Latreille, 1819 (misspelling)
Thelpheusa Latreille, 1819 (misspelling)
Thelphusa Latreille, 1819

References
Primary references

Savigny, J.C. 1816. Mémoires sur les Animaux sans Vertèbres. Première Partie. v + 240 pp., pls. I–XXIV. Paris: Deterville. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Jesse, R.; Schubart, C.D.; Klaus, S. 2010: Identification of a cryptic lineage within Potamon fluviatile (Herbst) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae). Invertebrate systematics, 24(4): 348-356. DOI: 10.1071/IS10014

Links

Potamon in the World Register of Marine Species