Potamidae Temporal range: Paleocene_recent [1] | |
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Potamon fluviatile | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Superfamily: | Potamoidea |
Family: | Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 |
Subfamilies | |
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Potamidae is a familyoffreshwater crabs. It includes more than 650 species and nearly 100 genera, which are placed into two subfamilies: Potaminae and Potamiscinae.[2]
The Potaminae Ortmann, 1896 are distributed around the Mediterranean Sea, on Socotra and eastwards to Northern India.
The Potamiscinae Bott, 1970 are found in East Asia and Southeast Asia.[3]
Potamidae |
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