Potamonautidae

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

Familia: Potamonautidae
Subfamiliae: Deckeniinae - Hydrothelphusinae - Potamonautinae

References

Cumberlidge, N. 2015: Redescriptions of three species of freshwater crabs from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae). Zootaxa 3973(1): 119–138. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.1.4. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan T-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. 2009. A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 21: 1–109. PDF. Reference page.
Meyer, K. S.; Cumberlidge, N. 2011: A revision of the freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamonautidae) of the Lake Kivu drainage basin in Central and East Africa. Zootaxa, 3011: 45–58. Preview

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

References

"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.
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.
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.