Potamonautes jeanneli

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 jeanneli

Name

Potamonautes jeanneli (Bouvier, 1921)

Type locality: Kenya, mid-altitude forest, 2,400–2,700 m on western slopes of Mt Kenya.

Lectotype: MNHN. male ♂. 22.I.1912. legit Ch. Alluaud and R. Jeannel. (lectotype designated by Cumberlidge, 2009: 30)

Synonymy

• Potamon (Geothelphusa) jeanneli Bouvier, 1921. (original combination)
• Potamonautes jeanneli (Bouvier): Williams, 1968: 214

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.