Potamidae

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Potamidae
Temporal range: Paleocene_recent [1]
Potamon fluviatile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Potamoidea
Family: Potamidae
Ortmann, 1896
Subfamilies
  • Potaminae
  • Potamiscinae

Potamidae is a family of freshwater crabs. It includes more than 650 species and nearly 100 genera, which are placed into two subfamilies: Potaminae and Potamiscinae.[2]

Subfamily Potaminae

The Potaminae Ortmann, 1896 are distributed around the

Northern India
.

Subfamily Potamiscinae

The Potamiscinae Bott, 1970 are found in East Asia and Southeast Asia.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Braggs-Pine Barren-Beds 7-9 (Paleocene of the United States)". PBDB.
  2. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
    . Suppl. 21: 1–109.
  3. .

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