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Potamidae
Potamon fluviatile
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Potamidae

Ortmann, 1896
Subfamilies
  • Potaminae
  • Potamiscinae

Potamidae is a family of freshwater crabs. It includes more than 650 species and nearly 100 genera, which are placed into two subfamilies: Potaminae and Potamiscinae.[1]

Subfamily Potaminae

The Potaminae Ortmann, 1896 are distributed around the Mediterranean Sea, on Socotra and eastwards to Northern India;

Subfamily Potamiscinae

The Potamiscinae Bott, 1970 are found in East Asia and South-East Asia.[2]

References

  1. ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
  2. ^ Darren C. J. Yeo & Peter L. K. Ng (2004). "Recognition of two subfamilies in the Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 (Brachyura, Potamidae) with a note on the genus Potamon Savigny, 1816". Crustaceana. 76 (10): 1219–1235. doi:10.1163/156854003773123456.