Potamonautidae

Potamonautidae is a family of freshwater crabs endemic to Africa, including the islands of Madagascar, the Seychelles, Zanzibar, Mafia, Pemba, Bioko, São Tomé, Príncipe and Sherbro Island.^[2] Fossil remains dating from the Late Miocene period have been attributed to the family Potamonautidae.^[3]

Potamonautidae
Malagasy freshwater crab (Madagapotamon humberti), Ankarana Reserve, Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Superfamily:	Potamoidea
Family:	Potamonautidae Bott, 1970 [1]

It comprises the following subfamilies and genera:^[1]

Liberonautinae Cumberlidge & Daniels, 2022

• Buea Cumberlidge, Mvogo Ndongo, Clark & Daniels, 2019
• Liberonautes Bott, 1955
• Louisea Cumberlidge, 1994
• Potamonemus Cumberlidge & Clark, 1992
• Sudanonautes Bott, 1955

Potamonautinae, Bott, 1970

• Acanthothelphusa Ortmann, 1897
• Arcopotamonautes Bott, 1955
• Erimetopus Rathbun, 1894
• Longipotamonautes Bott, 1955
• Maritimonautes Cumberlidge & Daniels, 2022
• Nesonautes Cumberlidge & Daniels, 2022
• Occidensonautes Cumberlidge & Daniels, 2022
• Platythelphusa A. Milne-Edwards, 1887
• Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838
• Rotundopotamonautes Bott, 1955
• †Tanzanonautes Feldmann, O'Connor, Stevens, Gottfried, Roberts, Ngasala, Rasmusson & Kapilima, 2007