African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838

AphiaID

439782 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:439782)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Potamonautinae Bott, 1970

Original name

Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838

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Species Potamonautes brincki (Bott, 1960)
Species Potamonautes dubius (de Brito Capello, 1873)
Species Potamonautes lividus Gouws, Stewart & Reavell, 2001
Species Potamonautes parvicorpus Daniels, Stewart & Burmeister, 2001
Species Potamonautes parvispina Stewart, 1997
Species Potamonautes perlatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Species Potamonautes sidneyi (Rathbun, 1904)
Species Potamonautes calcaratus (Gordon, 1929) accepted as Maritimonautes calcaratus (Gordon, 1929) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Potamonautes elgonensis Cumberlidge & Clark, 2010 accepted as Rotundopotamonautes elgonensis (Cumberlidge & Clark, 2010) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Potamonautes holthuisi Cumberlidge & Meyer, 2010 accepted as Rotundopotamonautes holthuisi (Cumberlidge & Meyer, 2010) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Potamonautes loveni (Colosi, 1924) accepted as Rotundopotamonautes loveni (Colosi, 1924) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Potamonautes williamsi Cumberlidge & Clark, 2010 accepted as Rotundopotamonautes williamsi (Cumberlidge & Clark, 2010) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Original description

MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3. [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838. 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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439782 on 2026-05-09

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. Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439782 on 2026-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-16 09:09:19Z

created

Davie, Peter

2020-09-11 09:11:18Z

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De Grave, Sammy

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original description MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3. [details]

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Introduced: alien

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