Potamidae | |
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Potamon fluviatile | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Superfamily: | Potamoidea |
Family: |
Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 |
Subfamilies | |
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Potamidae is a family of freshwater crabs. Its more than 650 species and nearly 100 genera are divided into two subfamilies — Potaminae around the Mediterranean Sea, on Socotra and eastwards to Northern India, and Potamiscinae in East Asia.