Potamonautes
Encyclopedia
Potamonautes is a genus of freshwater crab
s in the family Potamonautidae
. It contains the following species:
One extant species is also known from the fossil record; P. niloticus is abundant in Miocene
sediments of Lake Albert. Extinct species assigned to Potamonautes are also known from the Late Cretaceous
of Niger
.
Freshwater crab
There are around 1,300 species of freshwater crabs, distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics, divided among eight families. They show direct development and maternal care of a small number of offspring, in contrast to marine crabs which release thousands of planktonic larvae. This limits...
s in the family Potamonautidae
Potamonautidae
Potamonautidae is a family of freshwater crabs endemic to tropical parts of Africa and adjacent islands, including Madagascar, the Seychelles, Zanzibar, Mafia, Pemba, Bioko, São Tomé, Príncipe and Sherbro Island. It comprises 18 extant genera and 138 extant species...
. It contains the following species:
- Potamonautes adeleae Bott, 1968
- Potamonautes alluaudi (Bouvier, 1921)
- Potamonautes aloysiisabaudiaePotamonautes aloysiisabaudiaePotamonautes aloysiisabaudiae is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is rivers.-References:...
(Nobili, 1906) - Potamonautes amalerensis (Rathbun, 1935)
- Potamonautes antheus (Colosi, 1920)
- Potamonautes anchietae (Brito Capello, 1871)
- Potamonautes ballayi (A. Milne-Edwards, 1886)
- Potamonautes bayonianus (Brito Capello, 1864)
- Potamonautes berardiPotamonautes berardiPotamonautes berardi is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* Cumberlidge, N....
(Audouin, 1826) - Potamonautes dubius (Brito Capello, 1864)
- Potamonautes bipartitus (Hilgendorf, 1898)
- Potamonautes brincki (Bott, 1960)
- Potamonautes calcaratus (Gordon, 1929)
- Potamonautes clarus Gouws, Stewart & Coke, 2000
- Potamonautes depressus (Krauss, 1843)
- Potamonautes dybowskii (Rathbun, 1905)
- Potamonautes dentatus Stewart, Coke & Cook, 1995
- Potamonautes didieriPotamonautes didieriPotamonautes didieri is a species of crab in the family Potamonautidae. It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but has not been observed for 100 years; it is therefore listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List....
(Rathbun, 1904) - Potamonautes ecorssei (Marchand, 1902)
- Potamonautes eminiPotamonautes eminiPotamonautes emini is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Hilgendorf, 1892) - Potamonautes gerdalensisPotamonautes gerdalensisPotamonautes gerdalensis is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Bott, 1955 - Potamonautes granularis Daniels, Stewart & Gibbons, 1998
- Potamonautes idjiwiensisPotamonautes idjiwiensisPotamonautes idjiwiensis is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.-Source:* Cumberlidge, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
(Chace, 1942) - Potamonautes ignestiiPotamonautes ignestiiPotamonautes ignestii is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in Ethiopia.-References:* Cumberlidge, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
(Parisi, 1923) - Potamonautes infravallatusPotamonautes infravallatusPotamonautes infravallatus is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitat is rivers.-Source:* Cumberlidge, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
(Hilgendorf, 1898) - Potamonautes jeanneli (Bouvier, 1921)
- Potamonautes johnstoniPotamonautes johnstoniPotamonautes johnstoni is a species of freshwater crab in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in rivers in Kenya and Tanzania, with unconfirmed records from Malawi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The species' distribution includes Kilimanjaro, Nekona, Mrogoro and the Usambara Mountains....
(Miers, 1885) - Potamonautes kensleyi Cumberlidge & Tavares, 2006
- Potamonautes langi (Rathbun, 1921)
- Potamonautes lirrangensisPotamonautes lirrangensisPotamonautes lirrangensis is a species of crab in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Rwanda, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes.-References:...
(Rathbun, 1904) - Potamonautes lividus Gouws, Stewart & Reavell, 2001
- Potamonautes loashiensis Bott, 1955
- Potamonautes loveniPotamonautes loveniPotamonautes loveni is a species of crab in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in Kenya and Uganda. Its natural habitat is rivers.-References:* Cumberlidge, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
(Colosi, 1924) - Potamonautes loveridgeiPotamonautes loveridgeiPotamonautes loveridgei is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in the rivers that flow into Lake Tanganyika....
(Rathbun, 1933) - Potamonautes lueboensis (Rathbun, 1904)
- Potamonautes machadoi Bott, 1964
- Potamonautes macrobrachii Bott, 1953
- Potamonautes margaritarius (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)
- Potamonautes montivagusPotamonautes montivagusPotamonautes montivagus is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitat is rivers.-Source:* Cumberlidge, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
(Chace, 1953) - Potamonautes mutandensisPotamonautes mutandensisPotamonautes mutandensis is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in Rwanda and Uganda. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.-Source:* Cumberlidge, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
(Chace, 1953) - Potamonautes neumanniPotamonautes neumanniPotamonautes neumanni is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitat is rivers.-Source:* Cumberlidge, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
(Hilgendorf, 1898) - Potamonautes niloticusPotamonautes niloticusPotamonautes niloticus is a species of crab in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in Egypt, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan, and Uganda. Numerous specimens of P. niloticus are known from Miocene deposits around Lake Albert....
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) - Potamonautes obesusPotamonautes obesusPotamonautes obesus is a species of crab in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is swamps.-References:...
(A. Milne-Edwards, 1868) - Potamonautes odhneri (Colosi, 1924)
- Potamonautes paecilei (A. Milne-Edwards, 1886)
- Potamonautes parvicorpus Daniels, Stewart & Burmeister, 2001
- Potamonautes parvispina Stewart, 1997
- Potamonautes perlatusPotamonautes perlatusPotamonautes perlatus, the Cape river crab is a species of crab in the family Potamonautidae.Potamonautes perlatus is found in South Africa, particularly in the Cape Province. There are unconfirmed reports that it occurs in parts of Namibia...
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) - Potamonautes preparvus (Rathbun, 1921)
- Potamonautes pilosusPotamonautes pilosusPotamonautes pilosus is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is rivers.-Source:* Cumberlidge, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
(Hilgendorf, 1898) - Potamonautes platycentronPotamonautes platycentronPotamonautes platycentron is a species of freshwater crab in the family Potamonautidae, which is endemic to Lake Chala in Kenya and Tanzania. It was originally described by Franz Martin Hilgendorf in 1897, as Telphusa platycentron....
Hilgendorf, 1897 - Potamonautes platynotusPotamonautes platynotusPotamonautes platynotus is a species of freshwater crab which is endemic to Lake Tanganyika, where it is the only freshwater crab outside the genus Platythelphusa. Although primarily aquatic, P. platynotus is sometimes seen out of water, and can survive for many hours without water....
(Cunnington, 1907) - Potamonautes punctatus Bott, 1955
- Potamonautes raybouldiPotamonautes raybouldiPotamonautes raybouldi is a species of freshwater crab. It lives in water-filled tree holes in forests in the eastern Usambara Mountains of Tanzania and the Shimba Hills in Kenya. It is threatened by deforestation resulting from the expansion of the human population, and is listed as a vulnerable...
Cumberlidge & Vannini, 2004 - Potamonautes reidi Cumberlidge, 1999
- Potamonautes rodolphianus (Rathbun, 1909)
- Potamonautes rothschildi (Rathbun, 1909)
- Potamonautes rukwanziPotamonautes rukwanziPotamonautes rukwanzi is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is endemic to Uganda. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.-Source:* Cumberlidge, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
Corace, Cumberlidge & Garms, 2001 - Potamonautes schubotzi (Balss, 1914)
- Potamonautes semilunaris Bott, 1955
- Potamonautes senegalensis Bott, 1970
- Potamonautes sidneyiPotamonautes sidneyiPotamonautes sidneyi is a species of freshwater crab in the Potamonautidae family. The common name is the Natal river crab or Sidney's river crab, although they may also be referred to as "river crabs", "fresh water crabs" or "land crabs"....
(Rathbun, 1904) - Potamonautes stanleyensis (Rathbun, 1921)
- Potamonautes suprasulcatusPotamonautes suprasulcatusPotamonautes suprasulcatus is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is rivers.-References:...
(Hilgendorf, 1898) - Potamonautes triangulus Bott, 1959
- Potamonautes unispinus Stewart & Cook, 1998
- Potamonautes unisulcatusPotamonautes unisulcatusPotamonautes unisulcatus is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is only found in the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania....
(Rathbun, 1933) - Potamonautes walderi (Colosi, 1924)
- Potamonautes warreni (Calman, 1918)
- Potamonautes xiphoidus Reed & Cumberlidge, 2006
One extant species is also known from the fossil record; P. niloticus is abundant in Miocene
Miocene
The Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about . The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell. Its name comes from the Greek words and and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern sea invertebrates than the Pliocene. The Miocene follows the Oligocene...
sediments of Lake Albert. Extinct species assigned to Potamonautes are also known from the Late Cretaceous
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series...
of Niger
Niger
Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...
.