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. It comprises 18 extant genera and 138 extant species. Fossil remains dating from the Late Miocene period have been attributed to the family Potamonautidae.

It comprises the following subfamilies and genera:


 * Deckeniinae Ortmann, 1897
 * Deckenia Hilgendorf, 1869
 * Seychellum Ng, Števčić & Pretzmann, 1995
 * Hydrothelphusinae Bott, 1955
 * Afrithelphusa Bott, 1969
 * Boreas Cumberlidge & von Sternberg, 2002
 * Globonautes Bott, 1959
 * Hydrothelphusa A. Milne-Edwards, 1872
 * Louisea Cumberlidge, 1994
 * Madagapotamon Bott, 1965
 * Malagasya Cumberlidge & von Sternberg, 2002
 * Marojejy Cumberlidge, Boyko & Harvey, 2002
 * Skelosophusa Ng & Takeda, 1994
 * Potamonautinae Bott, 1970
 * Erimetopus Rathbun, 1894
 * Foza Dai & Bo, 1994
 * Liberonautes Bott, 1955
 * Platythelphusa A. Milne-Edwards, 1887
 * Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838
 * Potamonemus Cumberlidge & P. F. Clark, 1992
 * Sudanonautes Bott, 1955
 * Tanzanonautes † Feldmann et al., 2007