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Checklist for Family Potamidae Ortmann, 1896
and region America (Continents)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
550
3975
18550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
537
3949
18475
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
208
1695
9054
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
205
1681
8960
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
191
1597
8581
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
108
971
3858
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
90
866
3579
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
71
720
2856
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Potamoidea
Ortmann, 1896
2
8
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPotamidae
Ortmann, 1896
6
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for America
6 Genera with 9 Species
Candidiopotamon Bott, 19672SpeciesTaxom
Geothelphusa Stimpson, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Himalayapotamon Pretzmann, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Insulamon Ng & Takeda, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Nanhaipotamon Bott, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Villopotamon Dang & Ho, 19231SpeciesTaxom


Species list for America
9 Species
Candidiopotamon rathbunae De Man, 1914Rumsfeld Stream Crab
Candidiopotamon rathbuni Bott, 1967
Geothelphusa dehaani White, 1847
Geothelphusa levicervix Rathbun, 1898
Himalayapotamon emphyseteum Alcock, 1909
Insulamon magnum Freitag, 2012
Insulamon unicorn Ng & Takeda, 1992
Nanhaipotamon formosanum Parisi, 1916Taiwan's South China Sea River Crab
Villopotamon sphaeridium Kemp, 1923

Subnodes of Potamidae with occurrences in America
SubfamilyPotaminae
Ortmann, 1896
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPotamiscinae
Bott, 1970
5
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Potamidae at gbif.org
Potamidae at irmng.org
Potamidae at itis.gov