Potamonautes alluaudi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Potamoidea

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

Familia: Potamonautidae
Subfamilia: Potamonautinae
Genus: Potamonautes
Species: Potamonautes alluaudi

Name

Potamonautes alluaudi (Bouvier, 1921)

Type locality: Kenya, Ruaha River, Nairobi Forest, 0°24'0S, 36°59'0E, 1,000 m asl, 25 km from Nairobi, Central Province.

Holotype: MNHN. female ♀. 22.II.1911. legit Ch. Alluaud and R. Jeannel. MNHN B-17.

Synonymy

• Potamon (Geothelphusa) alluaudi Bouvier, 1921. (original combination)
• Potamonautes alluaudi (Bouvier):

References

• Bouvier, E.L. 1921. Decapoda. In: Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique orientale (1911–1912). Résultats scientifiques, Crustacés, III (Paris), 23–62. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cumberlidge, N. 2009. The African and Madagascan freshwater crabs in the Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamoidea). Zootaxa 1981: 29–42. Abstract & excerpt full article (PDF). Reference page.