# Potamonautidae

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{{Short description|Family of crabs}}
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| image = Malagasy freshwater crab (Madagapotamon humberti) Ankarana.jpg
| image_caption = Malagasy freshwater crab (''[Madagapotamon humberti](/source/Madagapotamon_humberti)''), Ankarana Reserve, Madagascar
| taxon = Potamonautidae
| authority = Bott, 1970&nbsp;<ref name="WoRMS" />
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'''Potamonautidae''' is a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [freshwater crab](/source/freshwater_crab)s [endemic](/source/endemism) to [Africa](/source/Africa), including the islands of [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar), the [Seychelles](/source/Seychelles), [Zanzibar](/source/Zanzibar), [Mafia](/source/Mafia_Island), [Pemba](/source/Pemba_Island), [Bioko](/source/Bioko), [São Tomé](/source/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_Island), [Príncipe](/source/Pr%C3%ADncipe) and [Sherbro Island](/source/Sherbro_Island).<ref>{{cite journal |last=Cumberlidge |first=Neil |title=Insular species of Afrotropical freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamonautidae and Potamidae) with special reference to Madagascar and the Seychelles |journal=[Contributions to Zoology](/source/Contributions_to_Zoology) |volume=77 |issue=2 |pages=71–81 |date=January 2008 |doi=10.1163/18759866-07702003 |doi-access=free|url=https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/280474/7702a03.pdf }}</ref> [Fossil](/source/Fossil) remains dating from the [Late Miocene](/source/Late_Miocene) period have been attributed to the family Potamonautidae.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://research.nhm.org/pdfs/11722/11722.pdf |chapter=Fossil crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Lothagam |last=Martin |first=Joel W. |last2=Trautwein |first2=Sandra |year=2003 |editor-last=Leakey |editor-first=Meave G. |editor2-last=Harris |editor2-first=John M. |title=Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa |publisher=[Columbia University Press](/source/Columbia_University_Press) |pages=67–73 |isbn=978-0-231-50760-8 |doi=10.7312/leak11870-005 |via=the [Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County](/source/Natural_History_Museum_of_Los_Angeles_County)}}</ref>

It comprises the following subfamilies and genera:<ref name="WoRMS">{{cite WoRMS|last=Davie|first=Peter|date=15 December 2009|title=Potamonautidae Bott, 1970|id=439083|access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref>
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[Liberonautinae](/source/Liberonautinae) {{small|Cumberlidge & Daniels, 2022}}{{Linked genus list
| ''[Buea](/source/Buea_(genus))'' | Cumberlidge, Mvogo Ndongo, Clark & Daniels, 2019
| Liberonautes | Bott, 1955
| Louisea | Cumberlidge, 1994
| Potamonemus | Cumberlidge & Clark, 1992
| Sudanonautes | Bott, 1955
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[Potamonautinae](/source/Potamonautinae), {{small|Bott, 1970}}{{Linked genus list
| Acanthothelphusa | Ortmann, 1897
| Arcopotamonautes | Bott, 1955
| Erimetopus | [Rathbun](/source/Mary_J._Rathbun), 1894
| Longipotamonautes | Bott, 1955
| Maritimonautes | Cumberlidge & Daniels, 2022
| Nesonautes | Cumberlidge & Daniels, 2022
| Occidensonautes | Cumberlidge & Daniels, 2022
| Platythelphusa | [A. Milne-Edwards](/source/Alphonse_Milne-Edwards), 1887
| Potamonautes | MacLeay, 1838
| Rotundopotamonautes | Bott, 1955
| † Tanzanonautes | Feldmann, O'Connor, Stevens, Gottfried, Roberts, Ngasala, Rasmusson & Kapilima, 2007
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Category:Potamoidea
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