African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Potamidae Ortmann, 1896

AphiaID

391197 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:391197)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Potamoidea Ortmann, 1896

Direct children (2)

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Subfamily Potaminae Ortmann, 1896
1. Genus Potamon Savigny, 1816

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Ortmann, A. (1896). Das System der Decapoden-Krebse. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere.</em> 9: 409-453., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9983214 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Potamidae Ortmann, 1896. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391197 on 2026-04-02

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Potamidae Ortmann, 1896. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391197 on 2026-04-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-14 09:31:10Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2009-12-15 09:56:25Z

changed

Davie, Peter

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original description Ortmann, A. (1896). Das System der Decapoden-Krebse. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere.</em> 9: 409-453., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9983214 [details]

Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Potamidae)
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