Potamiscinae

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

Name

Potamiscinae Bott, 1970

Type genus: Potamiscus Alcock, 1909

Synonymy

Isolapotamidae Bott, 1970
Malayopotamini Števčić, 2011
Sinopotamidae Bott, 1970

References

Primary references

Bott, R. 1970a: Die Süsswasserkrabben von Europa, Asien, Australien und ihre Stammesgeschichte. Eine Revision der Potamoidea und Parathelphusoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 526: 1–338. full article (PDF). Reference page.

Additional references

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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.
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Huang, C., Wang, J. & Shih, H.T. 2020. A New Genus and Two New Species of Freshwater Crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae) with Unusual Coiled Tip of Male Second Gonopods from Yunnan, southwestern China. Zoological Studies 59: 24. DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2020.59-24 Reference page.
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Ng, P.K.L. 2020. Revision of the freshwater crabs of the Johora tahanensis (Bott, 1966) species group (Crustacea, Brachyura, Potamidae), with a key to the genus. ZooKeys, 994: 1–34. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.994.56810 Reference page.
Pati, S.K. 2022. Gurumon gurumayum, a new genus and new species of freshwater crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. European Journal of Taxonomy 847: 28–45. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e141018. . Reference page.
Shi, B-Y., Pan, D. & Sun, H. 2023. A taxonomic revision of the freshwater crab genus Parvuspotamon Dai & Bo, 1994 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae), with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Zookeys 1183ː 13–38. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1183.109948 Reference page.
Tan, Q-H., Zhou, X-J. & Zou, J-X. 2021. Two new species of freshwater crab of the genus Aparapotamon Dai & Chen, 1985 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Potamidae) from Yunnan, China. Zookeys 1056ː 149–171. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1056.63755 Reference page.
Wang, S-B., Zhou, X-M. & Zou, J-X. 2019. A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Mediapotamon Türkay & Dai, 1997 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae) from Guizhou, China. Zookeys, 873: 9–23. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.873.36702 . Reference page.
Yeo, D.C.J.; Ng, P.K.L. 2007: On the genus "Potamon" and allies in Indochina (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae). Raffles bulletin of zoology, suppl. 16: 273-308. PDF
Zhang, Z-W., Pan, D., Hao, X-Y. & Sun, H-Y. 2020. Two new species of freshwater crabs of the genera Eosamon Yeo & Ng, 2007 and Indochinamon Yeo & Ng, 2007 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Potamidae) from southern Yunnan, China. ZooKeys, 980: 1–21. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.980.52186 Reference page.