Potamidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Potamoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Brachyura Sectio: Eubrachyura Subsectio: Heterotremata Superfamilia: Potamoidea

Familia: Potamidae
Subfamiliae: Potaminae – Potamiscinae

Overview of genera

Abormon – Acanthopotamon – Acartiapotamon – Aiyunamon – Alcomon – Allopotamon – †Alontecarcinus – Amamiku – Aparapotamon – Apotamonautes – Arquatopotamon – Artopotamon – Aspermon – Baccazia – Badistemon – Balssipotamon – Barbamon – Beccumon – Binhthuanomon – Bottapotamon – Calcipotamon – Candidiopotamon – Cantopotamon – Capitamon – Carpomon – Cerberusa – Chinapotamon – Chopramon – Cryptopotamon – Dacuamon – Daipotamon – Dalatomon – Demanietta – Diyutamon – Doimon – Donopotamon – Dromothelphusa – Eosamon – Erebusa – Esanpotamon – Eurusamon – Flabellamon – Gempala – Geothelphusa – Gurumon – Hainanpotamon – Heterochelamon – Himalayapotamon – Huananpotamon – Ibanum – Indawmon – Indochinamon – Indomiscus – Indopotamon – Inlethelphusa – Insulamon – Iomon – Isolapotamon – Jianghuaimon – Johora – Kanpotamon – Kaushikmon – Krishnamon – Kukrimon – Lacunipotamon – Laevimon – Larnaudia – Latopotamon – Lobothelphusa – Longpotamon – Lophopotamon – Luteomon – Malayopotamon – Mediapotamon – Megacephalomon – Megapleonum – Mindoron – Minpotamon – Minutomon – Montinumen – Montusamon – Nagamon – Nakhonsimon – Nanhaipotamon – Natunamon – Neilupotamon – Nemoron – Neolarnaudia – Neotiwaripotamon – Ngan – Ovitamon – Parapotamon – Parapotamonoides – Pararanguna – Paratelphusula – Parvuspotamon – Phaibulamon – Phasmon – Pilosamon – Planumon – Potamiscus – Potamon – Proboscimon – Pudaengon – Punctiomon – Pupamon – Pusillamon – Qianguimon – Qiangpotamon – Quadramon – Ranguna – Rathbunamon – Ruiyupotamon – Ryukyum – Schubartamon – Semicirculara – Setosamon – Shanphusa – Sinolapotamon – Sinopotamon – Socotra – Socotrapotamon – Songpotamon – Stelomon – Stoliczia – Takpotamon – Tayninhon – Tenuilapotamon – Tenuipotamon – Teoswamon – Teretamon – Terrapotamon – Thaiphusa – Thaipotamon – Thampramon – Tiwaripotamon – Tomaculamon – Tortomon – Trichopotamon – Vadosapotamon – Vellusamon – Vietopotamon – Vietorientalia – Villopotamon – Xestomon – Yarepotamon – Yuebeipotamon

Name

Potamidae Ortmann, 1896: 416 (as 'Potamonidae')

Type genus: Potamon Savigny, 1816

References

Primary references

Ortmann, A.E. 1896. Das System der Decapoden-Krebse. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 9(3): 409–453. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Chu, K-L., Zhou, L-J. & Sun, H-Y. 2017. A new genus and new species of freshwater crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae Ortmann, 1896) from Yunnan Province, China. Zootaxa 4286(2): 241–253. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.2.7. Reference page.
Do, V-T., Le, V.T. & Phan, D.S. 2015. Binhthuanomon vinhtan, a new genus and new species of semi-terrestrial freshwater crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae) from south central Vietnam. Zootaxa 4052(1): 117–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.1.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Huang, C., Ahyong, S.T. & Shih, H-T. 2020. The second known stygomorphic freshwater crab from China, Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Potamidae), diverged at the beginning of the Late Miocene. ZooKeys, 1008: 1–5. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854 Reference page.
Huang, C., Shih, H-T. & Mao, S-Y. 2016. Yuebeipotamon calciatile, a new genus and new species of freshwater crab from southern China (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae). ZooKeys 615: 61–72. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.615.9964 Reference page.
Huang, C., Shih, H-T. & Ng, P.K.L. 2017. A new genus and new species of Potamidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamoidae), the first stygomorphic cave crab known from China and East Asia. Zootaxa 4232(1): 71–84. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.1.5. Reference page.
Huang, C., Shih, H-T. & Ng, P.K.L. 2017. CHAO HUANG, HSI-TE SHIH & PETER K. L. NG (2017) A new genus and new species of Potamidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamoidae), the first stygomorphic cave crab known from China and East Asia. Zootaxa, 4232 (1): 071–084. Zootaxa 4250(6): 600–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4250.6.7 Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Mitra, S., Payra, A. & Chandra, K. 2018. A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Teretamon Yeo & Ng, 2007 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. Zootaxa 4500(4): 587–595. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.4.8 Reference page.
Shashi, S.S., Pan, D., Emu, M.J., Roy, M., Sadek, Md.A., Sharifuzzaman, S.M. & Sun, H-Y. 2023. Two new records and an updated checklist of freshwater crabs (Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Potamidae and Gecarcinucidae) from Bangladesh. Zookeys 1167ː 211–222. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1167.102766 Reference page.
Shih, H-T., Huang, C. & Ng, P.K.L. 2016. A re-appraisal of the widely-distributed freshwater crab genus Sinopotamon Bott, 1967, from China, with establishment of a new genus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Potamidae). Zootaxa 4138(2): 309–331. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4138.2.5. Reference page.