Potamon
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| Potamon fluviatile | |
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| Genus: | Potamon |
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| Potamon fluviatile (Herbst, 1785)
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Potamon is a genus of freshwater or semi-terrestrial 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]
- 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 Indo-China, 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.
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