Potamonautidae sunt familia brachyorum aquae dulcis quae in Africa endemica sunt, insulis Madagascariensibus, Insulis Seisellensibus, Zanzibara, Mafia, Pemba, Bioko, Sancto Thoma, Principe, et Sherbro Insula non exclusis.[2] Quae familia duodeviginti genera exstantia et 138 species exstantis comprehendit.[3] Aliquot fossilia ex Miocaeno exeunte Potamonautidis tribuuntur.[4]


Subphylum : Crustacea 
Classis : Malacostraca 
Ordo : Decapoda 
Infraordo : Brachyura 
Superfamilia : Potamoidea 
Familia : Potamonautidae 
Bott, 1970[1]
   

Subfamiliae et genera

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Huic familiae sunt subfamiliae et genera sequentia.[3]

Deckeniinae Ortmann, 1897
Hydrothelphusinae Bott, 1955
Potamonautinae Bott, 1970
  1. "Potamonautidae". apud Integrated Taxonomic Information System .
  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 .
  3. 3.0 3.1 Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109 .
  4. Joel W. Martin; S. Trautwein (2003). "Fossil crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Lothagam". Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa. Columbia University Press. pp. 67–73 .

Nexus externi

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