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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Potamonautidae is a familyoffreshwater crabs endemictoAfrica, including the islands of 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]
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Hydrothelphusinae Bott, 1955
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Afrithelphusa Bott, 1969
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Boreas Cumberlidge & von Sternberg, 2002
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Globonautes Bott, 1959
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Hydrothelphusa A. Milne-Edwards, 1872
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Louisea Cumberlidge, 1994
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Madagapotamon Bott, 1965
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Malagasya Cumberlidge & von Sternberg, 2002
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Marojejy Cumberlidge, Boyko & Harvey, 2002
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Skelosophusa Ng & Takeda, 1994
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Potamonautinae Bott, 1970
References[edit]
^ 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. Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
^ a b Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
^ Joel W. Martin & S. Trautwein (2003). "Fossil crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Lothagam". In M. G. Leakey & J. M. Harris (eds.). Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa (PDF). Columbia University Press. pp. 67–73.
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