AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Superfamily Potamoidea Ortmann, 1896
and region Guinea (West Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
87
171
257
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
87
171
257
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
58
133
207
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
57
131
205
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
51
115
186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
26
61
91
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
23
56
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
17
37
58
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Potamoidea
Ortmann, 1896
1
3
9
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Guinea
1 Family width 9 Species
Potamonautidae Bott, 19709SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Guinea
3 Genera with 9 Species
Afrithelphusa Bott, 19595SpeciesTaxom
Globonautes Bott, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Liberonautes Bott, 19893SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Guinea
9 Species
Afrithelphusa afzelii Colosi, 1924
Afrithelphusa gerhildae Bott, 1969
Afrithelphusa leonensis Cumberlidge, 1987
Afrithelphusa monodosa Bott, 1959Purple Marsh Crab
Afrithelphusa monodosus Bott, 1959
Globonautes macropus Rathbun, 1898Tree Hole Crab
Liberonautes latidactylus De Man, 1903Common Creek Crab
Liberonautes nimba Cumberlidge, 1999Nimba Stream Crab
Liberonautes rubigimanus Cumberlidge ..., 1989Lobster Claw Crab

Subnodes of Potamoidea with occurrences in Guinea
FamilyPotamonautidae
Bott, 1970
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



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