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Checklist for Suborder Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963
and region Malawi (East Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
30
49
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
30
49
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
4
4
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
4
4
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
4
4
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Malawi
4 Families width 23 Species
Atyidae (De Haan, 1849)Atyid shrimps7SpeciesTaxom
Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815Palaemonid Shrimps3SpeciesTaxom
Potamidae (Ortmann, 1896)4SpeciesTaxom
Potamonautidae Bott, 19709SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Malawi
4 Genera with 23 Species
Caridina H. Milne Edw..., 18937SpeciesTaxom
Macrobrachium Bate, 1862Long-clawed freshwater prawns3SpeciesTaxom
Potamon Savigny, 19534SpeciesTaxom
Potamonautes MacLeay, 18989SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malawi
23 Species
Caridina africana Kingsley, 1883African caridina
Caridina gracilipes De Man, 1892
Caridina kaombeflutilis Richard & Clark, 2010
Caridina malawensis Richard & Clark, 2009
Caridina natalensis Bouvier, 1925
Caridina nilotica Roux, 1833Common Caridina
Caridina togoensis (Hilgendorf, 1893)⇒ Caridina africana Kingsley, 1883
Macrobrachium lepidactylus Hilgendorf, 1879Madagascar scale prawn
Macrobrachium rosenbergii De Man, 1879Blue lobster
Macrobrachium scabriculum Heller, 1862Goda River prawn
Potamon (Potamonautes) obesus
Potamon (Potamonautes) orbitospinus (Cunnington, 1907)⇒ Potamonautes lirrangensis Rathbun, 1904
Potamon congoensis (Rathbun, 1921)⇒ Potamonautes congoensis Rathbun, 1921
Potamon montivagus (Chace, 1953)⇒ Potamonautes montivagus Chace, 1953
Potamonautes choloensis Chace, 1953
Potamonautes congoensis Rathbun, 1921
Potamonautes depressus Krauss, 1843Flat River Crab
Potamonautes johnstoni Miers, 1885
Potamonautes lirrangensis Rathbun, 1904Malawi Blue Crab
Potamonautes montivagus Chace, 1953
Potamonautes mulanjeensis Daniels & Ba..., 2012Mount Mulanje Crab
Potamonautes obesus A. Milne-Edw..., 1868Obese Crab
Potamonautes suprasulcatus Hilgendorf, 1898

Subnodes of Pleocyemata with occurrences in Malawi
InfraorderBrachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
2
2
13
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderCaridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
2
2
10
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pleocyemata at artfakta.se
Pleocyemata at biodiversity.org.au
Pleocyemata at dyntaxa.se
Pleocyemata at itis.gov
Pleocyemata at marinespecies.org