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Potamonautidae

Also known as: African Freshwater Crabs, River Crabs, Rivierkrappe, Varswaterkrappe, gakanje, gakazamba, inkala, leio

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda
FamilyPotamonautidae
Published inBott, R. (1970). Betrachtungen über die Entwicklungsgeschichte und Verbreitung der Süsswasser-Krabben nach der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums in Genf/Schweiz. Revue Suisse De Zoologie, 77(2): 327–344: Pls. 1–2. https://www.marinespecies.org/
HabitatFRESHWATER, TERRESTRIAL
Genera16
Species records held177
Descendant taxa (GBIF)279
GBIF key3254213

Genera in Potamonautidae

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.