Potamoidea
| Potamoidea | |
|---|---|
| |
| Potamon fluviatile | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Ortmann, 1896 |
| Families[1] | |
Potamoidea is a superfamily of freshwater crabs, comprising the two families Potamidae and Potamonautidae.[1] Two previously recognised families, Deckeniidae and Platythelphusidae, are now treated as parts of the family Potamonautidae.[1]
References
- ^ a b c P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
