Potamonautidae Explained
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.[1] It comprises 18 extant genera and 138 extant species. Fossil remains dating from the Late Miocene period have been attributed to the family Potamonautidae.[2]
It comprises the following subfamilies and genera:[3]
- Deckeniinae Ortmann, 1897
- 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
Notes and References
- Neil Cumberlidge . Insular species of Afrotropical freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamonautidae and Potamidae) with special reference to Madagascar and the Seychelles . . 77 . 2 . 71–81 . 2008 . 2009-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120217003440/http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/ctz/vol77/nr02/art03 . 2012-02-17 . dead .
- Book: Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa . Fossil crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Lothagam . Joel W. Martin . S. Trautwein . amp . 2003 . M. G. Leakey . J. M. Harris . . 67–73.
- . 2009 . Suppl. 21 . 1–109 . A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . Sammy De Grave . N. Dean Pentcheff . Shane T. Ahyong . etal.
