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280:. It is both the most widespread and most diverse genus of African freshwater crabs, including more than half the species of this continent. They are found in most freshwater habitats of the African mainland and some species are semi-
1213:"Phylogenetics of the freshwater crab (Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838) fauna from 'sky islands' in Mozambique with the description of a new species (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae)"
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1128:. Although the genus includes common and widespread species, others have very restricted ranges of occurrence. For example,
1317:. eds. P.Saundry & C.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC.
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Daniels, Savel R.; Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B.; Muianga, Vanessa; Bayliss, Julian (2020-09-11).
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1162:"Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world"
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1250:"A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans"
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African islands), more than 20 in the
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1046:One extant species is also known from the
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1520:Extant Late Cretaceous first appearances
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789:Daniels, Stewart & Burmeister, 2001
1132:is found only in limited parts of the
916:Corace, Cumberlidge & Garms, 2001
7:
1155:
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521:Daniels, Stewart & Gibbons, 1998
292:It contains the following species:
635:Gouws, Stewart & Reavell, 2001
14:
124:
1100:, with more than 30 species in
876:Cumberlidge & Vannini, 2004
595:Cumberlidge & Tavares, 2006
427:Gouws, Stewart & Coke, 2000
1069:. Extinct species assigned to
457:Stewart, Coke & Cook, 1995
1:
319:Potamonautes aloysiisabaudiae
1274:"Freshwater crabs in Africa"
1217:European Journal of Taxonomy
1040:Reed & Cumberlidge, 2006
1258:Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
1170:Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
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972:Potamonautes suprasulcatus
701:Potamonautes margaritarius
547:Potamonautes infravallatus
962:Potamonautes stanleyensis
942:Potamonautes senegalensis
892:Potamonautes rodolphianus
839:Potamonautes platycentron
691:Potamonautes macrobrachii
621:Potamonautes lirrangensis
561:Potamonautes isimangaliso
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121:Scientific classification
119:
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1073:are also known from the
1006:Potamonautes unisulcatus
1000:Stewart & Cook, 1998
932:Potamonautes semilunaris
902:Potamonautes rothschildi
809:(H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)
785:Potamonautes parvicorpus
779:(A. Milne-Edwards, 1886)
759:(A. Milne-Edwards, 1868)
749:(H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)
721:Potamonautes mutandensis
705:(A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)
641:Potamonautes loashiensis
565:(Peer & Gouws, 2015)
527:Potamonautes idjiwiensis
507:Potamonautes gerdalensis
363:(A. Milne-Edwards, 1886)
329:Potamonautes amalerensis
1312:C.Michael Hogan. 2012.
1272:Michael Dobson (2004).
1063: million years ago
986:Potamonautes triangulus
852:Potamonautes platynotus
795:Potamonautes parvispina
711:Potamonautes montivagus
671:Potamonautes lueboensis
661:Potamonautes loveridgei
517:Potamonautes granularis
413:Potamonautes calcaratus
389:Potamonautes bipartitus
369:Potamonautes bayonianus
1284:: 3–26. Archived from
1036:Potamonautes xiphoidus
996:Potamonautes unispinus
922:Potamonautes schubotzi
872:Potamonautes raybouldi
862:Potamonautes punctatus
815:Potamonautes preparvus
745:Potamonautes niloticus
611:Potamonautes licoensis
581:Potamonautes johnstoni
443:Potamonautes dybowskii
433:Potamonautes depressus
349:Potamonautes anchietae
272:is a genus of African
32:Late Cretaceous–Recent
1469:Paleobiology Database
912:Potamonautes rukwanzi
805:Potamonautes perlatus
775:Potamonautes paecilei
731:Potamonautes neumanni
681:Potamonautes machadoi
591:Potamonautes kensleyi
571:Potamonautes jeanneli
537:Potamonautes ignestii
483:Potamonautes ecorssei
477:(Brito Capello, 1864)
453:Potamonautes dentatus
373:(Brito Capello, 1864)
353:(Brito Capello, 1871)
309:Potamonautes alluaudi
1226:10.5852/ejt.2020.716
1140:in Southern Africa.
1026:Potamonautes warreni
1016:Potamonautes walderi
952:Potamonautes sidneyi
825:Potamonautes pilosus
765:Potamonautes odhneri
631:Potamonautes lividus
463:Potamonautes didieri
403:Potamonautes brincki
379:Potamonautes berardi
359:Potamonautes ballayi
339:Potamonautes antheus
299:Potamonautes adeleae
113:Potamonautes sidneyi
1261:. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
755:Potamonautes obesus
651:Potamonautes loveni
473:Potamonautes dubius
423:Potamonautes clarus
1094:Sub-Saharan Africa
1092:are restricted to
882:Potamonautes reidi
856:(Cunnington, 1907)
601:Potamonautes langi
493:Potamonautes emini
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1331:Taxon identifiers
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168:Malacostraca
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1417:iNaturalist
1363:Wikispecies
1126:West Africa
1114:Congo Basin
1102:East Africa
1067:Lake Albert
1058:sediments (
282:terrestrial
214:Subfamily:
188:Pleocyemata
1510:Potamoidea
1504:Categories
1299:2011-11-23
1144:References
1136:and upper
1130:P. dubious
1110:Seychelles
1106:Madagascar
1098:Nile Basin
990:Bott, 1959
978:Hilgendorf
946:Bott, 1970
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395:Hilgendorf
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184:Suborder:
158:Arthropoda
1235:2118-9773
1124:and 5 in
1104:(none on
198:Brachyura
144:Kingdom:
138:Eukaryota
1354:Q1384585
1348:Wikidata
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1096:and the
204:Family:
178:Decapoda
154:Phylum:
148:Animalia
134:Domain:
1435:1210980
1409:4646461
1219:(716).
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