Potamon

Potamon
	Potamon fluviatile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Potamidae
Genus:	Potamon; Savigny, 1816
Type species
	Potamon fluviatile; (Herbst, 1785)

Potamon is a genus of freshwater or semiterrestrial crabs mainly found from Southern Europe through the Middle East, and as far east as north-western India.^[2] The only exception is the North African P. algeriense, which also is the only potamid of mainland Africa. Twenty species are currently recognised:.^[1]^[3]^[4] These crabs are omnivores that have a broad ecological tolerance. The adult Potaman reach up to 50 mm in size during their 10-12 year life span.

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
Potamon ilam Keikhosravi & Schubart, 2014
Potamon elbursi Pretzmann, 1962

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

References

^ ^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" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
^ Darren C. J. Yeo & Peter K. L. Ng (2007). "On the genus "Potamon" and allies in Indochina (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 16: 273–308.
^ 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.
^ Keikhosravi, Alireza; Schubart, Christoph D. "Description of new freshwater crab species of the genus Potamon(Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae) from Iran, based on morphological and genetic characters". In Daren C.J. Yeo (ed.). Advances in freshwater decapods systematics and biology. Brill. pp. 115–133. ISBN 978-9-0042-0760-8.

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[Ng-1] 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" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.

[Yeo-2] Darren C. J. Yeo & Peter K. L. Ng (2007). "On the genus "Potamon" and allies in Indochina (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 16: 273–308.

[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.

[4] Keikhosravi, Alireza; Schubart, Christoph D. "Description of new freshwater crab species of the genus Potamon(Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae) from Iran, based on morphological and genetic characters". In Daren C.J. Yeo (ed.). Advances in freshwater decapods systematics and biology. Brill. pp. 115–133. ISBN 978-9-0042-0760-8.

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