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Taxonomy of Superfamily Potamoidea Ortmann, 1896


Class
 		Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans		1033
12148
92586		Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 		Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
995
11546
91261		Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 		Eucarida
Calman, 1904
379
5045
43294		Families
Genera
Species

Order
 		Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns		376
5018
43105		Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 		Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
278
4664
41091		Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 		Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs		156
2882
21182		Families
Genera
Species

Section
 		Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
128
2548
19326		Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 		Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
105
2118
15782		Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 		Potamoidea
Ortmann, 1896
4
198
1960		Families
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Potamoidea Ortmann, 1896
FamilyDeckeniidae
Ortmann, 1897
5
9		Genera
Species
FamilyPlatythelphusidae
Colosi, 1920
0
0		Genera
Species
FamilyPotamidae
Ortmann, 1896
152
1576		Genera
Species
FamilyPotamonautidae
Bott, 1970
41
375		Genera
Species


Distribution and Species lists of Potamoidea Ortmann, 1896
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Afghanistan
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesAlbania
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAlgeria
2 Families  2 Genera  7 SpeciesAngola
2 Families  2 Genera  9 SpeciesArgentina
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesArmenia
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesAustralia
2 Families  4 Genera  8 SpeciesAzerbaijan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBelgium
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesBenin
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesBhutan
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesBotswana
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesBrazil
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBrunei
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesBulgaria
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBurundi
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCameroon
2 Families  7 Genera  28 SpeciesCanada
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesCentral African Republic
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesChile
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesChina
2 Families  29 Genera  116 SpeciesCroatia
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesCuba
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCyprus
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
2 Families  6 Genera  54 SpeciesDenmark
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesEgypt
2 Families  2 Genera  7 SpeciesEquatorial Guinea
1 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesEstonia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesEthiopia
1 Family  1 Genus  9 SpeciesFrance
2 Families  3 Genera  9 SpeciesGabon
2 Families  4 Genera  15 SpeciesGeorgia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGermany
2 Families  4 Genera  2 SpeciesGhana
2 Families  5 Genera  17 SpeciesGreece
2 Families  3 Genera  12 SpeciesGuatemala
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesGuinea
1 Families  3 Genera  9 SpeciesHungary
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesIceland
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesIndia
2 Families  11 Genera  32 SpeciesIndonesia
2 Families  8 Genera  40 SpeciesIran
1 Families  4 Genera  14 SpeciesIraq
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesIsrael
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesItaly
1 Families  2 Genera  5 SpeciesIvory Coast
2 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesJamaica
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesJapan
2 Families  8 Genera  41 SpeciesJordan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKenya
2 Families  6 Genera  36 SpeciesLaos
1 Families  9 Genera  12 SpeciesLebanon
1 Family  1 Genus  5 SpeciesLesotho
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesLiberia
2 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesMadagascar
2 Families  8 Genera  18 SpeciesMalawi
2 Families  2 Genera  13 SpeciesMalaysia
2 Families  9 Genera  40 SpeciesMali
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMalta
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMexico
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesMontenegro
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMorocco
1 Family  1 Genus  4 SpeciesMozambique
2 Families  2 Genera  10 SpeciesMyanmar
1 Families  13 Genera  38 SpeciesNamibia
2 Families  2 Genera  6 SpeciesNepal
1 Families  6 Genera  8 SpeciesNetherlands
2 Families  5 Genera  4 SpeciesNiger
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesNigeria
2 Families  3 Genera  19 SpeciesNorway
2 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesPakistan
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesPalestine
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesPanama
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesPeru
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesPhilippines
1 Families  6 Genera  15 SpeciesRepublic of the Congo
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
2 Families  5 Genera  29 SpeciesRussia
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesRwanda
1 Family  1 Genus  4 SpeciesSão Tomé and Príncipe
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSenegal
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesSeychelles
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesSierra Leone
2 Families  5 Genera  11 SpeciesSingapore
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesSomalia
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesSpain
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSri Lanka
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesSudan
2 Families  3 Genera  8 SpeciesSweden
2 Families  7 Genera  6 SpeciesSwitzerland
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSyria
1 Family  1 Genus  9 SpeciesTaiwan
1 Families  4 Genera  58 SpeciesTanzania
2 Families  6 Genera  36 SpeciesThailand
1 Families  26 Genera  56 SpeciesTogo
1 Families  2 Genera  4 SpeciesTonga
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTunisia
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesTurkey
2 Families  2 Genera  12 SpeciesTurkmenistan
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesUganda
2 Families  2 Genera  20 SpeciesUkraine
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesUSA
2 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesVietnam
1 Families  14 Genera  29 SpeciesYemen
1 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesZambia
2 Families  3 Genera  13 SpeciesZimbabwe
2 Families  2 Genera  10 Species


Distribution on islands
Ko Chang
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesLa Digue
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLangkawi
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesVancouver Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species


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