Tematica Crostacei

Phylum: Arthropoda Lar, 1904

Subphylum: CrustaceaBrünnich, 1772

Classe: Malacostraca Latreille, 1802

Ordine: Decapoda Latreille, 1802

Famiglia: Potamonautidae Bott, 1970

Genere: Potamonautes Macleay, 1838

Specie e sottospecie

Il genere Potamonautes annovera attualmente le seguenti specie: Potamonautes adeleae Bott, 1968 - Potamonautes amathole Peer & Gouws in Peer, Gouws, Maliwa, Barker, Juby & Perissinotto, 2023 - Potamonautes anchietae de Brito Capello, 1870 - Potamonautes aurantius Mengel & Daniels, 2024 - Potamonautes barbarai Phiri & Daniels, 2014 - Potamonautes barnardi Phiri & Daniels, 2014 - Potamonautes bayonianus de Brito Capello, 1864 - Potamonautes baziya Daniels, Barnes, Marais & Gouws, 2021 - Potamonautes biballensis Rathbun, 1905 - Potamonautes brincki Bott, 1960 - Potamonautes clarus Gouws, Stewart & Coke, 2000 - Potamonautes danielsi Peer & Gouws in Peer, Gouws, Lazo-Wasem, Perissinotto & Miranda, 2017 - Potamonautes dentatus Stewart, Coke & PA Cook, 1995 - Potamonautes depressus Krauss, 1843 - Potamonautes dubius de Brito Capello, 1873 - Potamonautes flavusjo Daniels, Phiri & Bayliss, 2014 - Potamonautes gorongosa Cumberlidge, Naskrecki & Daniels, 2016 - Potamonautes granularis Daniels, Stewart & Gibbons, 1998 - Potamonautes isimangaliso Peer & Gouws in Peer, Perissinotto, Gouws & Miranda, 2015 - Potamonautes karooensis Daniels, Buschhau, Gullacksen, Marais, Gouws & Barnes, 2022 - Potamonautes kensleyi Cumberlidge & Tavares, 2006 - Potamonautes lindblomi Colosi, 1924 - Potamonautes lividus Gouws, Stewart & Reavell, 2001 - Potamonautes machadoi Bott, 1964 - Potamonautes macrobrachii Bott, 1953 - Potamonautes marchei Rathbun, 1902 - Potamonautes mariepskoppie Daniels, Barnes, Marais & Gouws, 2021 - Potamonautes mhlophe Daniels, 2017 - Potamonautes mulanjeensis Daniels & Bayliss, 2012 - Potamonautes mutareensis Phiri & Daniels, 2013 - Potamonautes ngoyensis Daniels, Busschau & Cumberlidge, 2019 - Potamonautes ntendekaensis Daniels, Busschau & Cumberlidge, 2019 - Potamonautes parvicorpus Daniels, Stewart & Burmeister, 2001 - Potamonautes parvispina Stewart, 1997 - Potamonautes perlatus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 - Potamonautes principe Cumberlidge, Clark & Baillie, 2002 - Potamonautes regnieri Rathbun, 1904 - Potamonautes sidneyi Rathbun, 1904 - Potamonautes tuerkayi Wood & Daniels, 2016 - † Potamonautes tugenensis Morris, 1976 - Potamonautes unispinus Stewart & PA Cook, 1998 - Potamonautes valles Daniels, Buschhau, Gullacksen, Marais, Gouws & Barnes, 2022 - Potamonautes warreni Calman, 1918 - Potamonautes wolkbergi Mengel & Daniels, 2024. Una specie esistente è anche nota dai reperti fossili; il Potamonautes niloticus è abbondante nei sedimenti del Miocene (6 milioni di anni fa ) del Lago Alberto. Specie estinte assegnate a Potamonautes sono note anche dal tardo Cretaceo del Niger.

Diffusione

È una famiglia di granchi d'acqua dolce endemica dell'Africa, comprese le isole del Madagascar, le Seychelles, Zanzibar, Mafia, Pemba, Bioko, São Tomé, Príncipe e l'isola di Sherbro. Alla famiglia Potamonautidae sono stati attribuiti resti fossili risalenti al tardo Miocene.

Bibliografia

–Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1-286.
–Yeo, C.J.; Klaus, S.; and Cumberlidge, N. (2014). Advances in Freshwater Decapod Systematics and Biology. Pp. 86-87.
–Daniels, Savel R.; Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B.; Muianga, Vanessa; Bayliss, Julian (2020-09-11). "Phylogenetics of the freshwater crab (Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838) fauna from 'sky islands' in Mozambique with the description of a new species (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (716).
–De Grave, Sammy (11 September 2020). "Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
–Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1-109.
–Michael Dobson (2004). "Freshwater crabs in Africa". Freshwater Forum. 21: 3-26.
–C. Michael Hogan. 2012. Kunene River. eds. P.Saundry & C.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC.

	Data: 01/01/2000 Emissione: Sconosciuta Stato: Burkina Faso