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Checklist for Superfamily Potamoidea Ortmann, 1896
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
136
305
388
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
135
304
387
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
66
164
239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
65
161
236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
59
147
217
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
34
101
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
30
90
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
24
76
106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Potamoidea
Ortmann, 1896
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Peninsula
2 Families width 2 Species
Potamonautidae Bott, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Potamidae Ortmann, 18961SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Peninsula
2 Genera with 2 Species
Potamonautes MacLeay, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Villopotamon Dang & Ho, 19231SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Peninsula
2 Species
Potamonautes brincki Bott, 1960
Villopotamon sphaeridium Kemp, 1923

Subnodes of Potamoidea with occurrences in Cape Peninsula
FamilyPotamidae
Ortmann, 1896
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPotamonautidae
Bott, 1970
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Potamoidea at itis.gov
Potamoidea at marinespecies.org