Potamonautidae

Potamonautidae
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Potamoidea
Family: Potamonautidae
Bott, 1970 [1]

Potamonautidae is a family of freshwater crabs endemic to tropical parts of Africa and adjacent islands, including 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
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

  1. ^ "Potamonautidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=621512. Retrieved January 21, 2009. 
  2. ^ 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. http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/ctz/vol77/nr02/art03. 
  3. ^ a b Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf. 
  4. ^ Joel W. Martin & S. Trautwein (2003). "Fossil crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Lothagam". In M. G. Leakey and J. M. Harris. Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa. Columbia University Press. pp. 67–73. http://atiniui.nhm.org/pdfs/11722/11722.pdf.