Species list, Checklist of Family Potamidae for Uganda (East Africa)

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Checklist for Family Potamidae Ortmann, 1896
and region Uganda (East Africa)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	22 31 61	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	22 31 61	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	8 8 35	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	8 8 35	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	8 8 35	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	4 4 23	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	4 4 23	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	4 4 23	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Potamoidea Ortmann, 1896	2 2 20	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Potamidae Ortmann, 1896	1 7	Genus Species	Taxom

Genera for Uganda
1 Genera with 7 Species

Species

Species list for Uganda
7 Species

Potamon (Acanthotelphusa) niloticum
Potamon (Acanthothelphusa) niloticus
Potamon (Potamonautes) johnstoni Miers, 1885
Potamon amalerensis (Rathbun, 1935)	⇒ Potamonautes amalerensis Rathbun, 1935
Potamon bottegoi (De Man, 1898)	⇒ Potamonautes obesus A. Milne-Edw..., 1868
Potamon harvardi (Rathbun, 1935)	⇒ Potamonautes loveni Colosi, 1924
Potamon mutandensis (Chace, 1953)	⇒ Potamonautes mutandensis Chace, 1953

Subnodes of Potamidae with occurrences in Uganda

Subfamily

1
7

Genus
Species

Links, sources and further information

Potamidae at gbif.org
Potamidae at irmng.org
Potamidae at itis.gov