Potamon

For the figure from Greek mythology, see Potamon (mythology).
Potamon
Potamon fluviatile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Potamidae
Genus: Potamon
Savigny, 1816 [1]
Type species
Potamon fluviatile
(Herbst, 1785)

Potamon is a genus of freshwater or semi-terrestrial crabs found from Southern Europe through the Middle East, and as far east as north-western India.[2] Eighteen species are currently recognised:[1][3]

  • Potamon algeriense Bott, 1967
  • Potamon bileki Pretzmann, 1971
  • Potamon bilobatum Brandis, Storch & Türkay, 2000
  • Potamon fluviatile (Herbst, 1785)
  • Potamon gedrosianum Alcock, 1909
  • Potamon hueceste Pretzmann, 1983
  • Potamon ibericum (Bieberstein, 1808)
  • Potamon magnum Pretzmann, 1962
  • Potamon mesopotamicum Pretzmann, 1962
  • Potamon monticola Alcock, 1910
  • Potamon pelops Jesse et al., 2010
  • Potamon persicum Pretzmann, 1962
  • Potamon potamios (Olivier, 1804)
  • Potamon rhodium Parisi, 1913
  • Potamon ruttneri Pretzmann, 1962
  • Potamon setigerum Rathbun, 1904
  • Potamon strouhali Pretzmann, 1962
  • Potamon transcaspicum Pretzmann, 1962

Many other taxa from Indo-China, originally described as species of Potamon, are now placed in other genera, such as Himalayapotamon, Beccumon, Eosamon and Takpotamon.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf. 
  2. ^ Darren C. J. Yeo & Peter K. L. Ng (2007). "On the genus "Potamon" and allies in Indochina (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 16: 273–308. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s16/s16rbz273-308.pdf. 
  3. ^ Ruth Jesse, Christoph D. Schubart & Sebastian Klaus (2010). "Identification of a cryptic lineage within Potamon fluviatile (Herbst) (Crustacea : Brachyura : Potamidae)". Invertebrate Systematics 24 (4): 348–356. doi:10.1071/IS10014.