Potamidae
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Potaminae |
Potamidae is a family of freshwater crabs. Its more than 500 species and 74 genera are divided into two subfamilies β Potaminae around the Mediterranean Sea, on Socotra and eastwards to Northern India, and Potamiscinae in East Asia [1]. In includes species such as Potamon potamios and the Maltese freshwater crab.
[edit] Gallery
 Potamon potamios |
 Potamon tauricum |
[edit] Potamon fluviatile
 Potamon fluviatile |
 Catching a fish |
 Female with eggs |
 Eggs |
 Larva |
[edit] References
Wikispecies has information related to:
- ^ Darren C. J. Yeo & Peter L. K. Ng (2004). Recognition of two subfamilies in the Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 (Brachyura, Potamidae) with a note on the genus Potamon Savigny, 1816. Crustaceana 76 (10): 1219β1235. doi:.
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