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Potamonautinae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Potamonautidae

Discussion

No fossil representatives

Taxonomy
Potamonautinae was named by Bott (1970). It is extant. Its type is Potamonautes.

It was assigned to Potamonautidae by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer and Feldmann (2020).

Subtaxa
Potamonautes (type genus), Tanzanonautes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Potamonautinae Bott
2010Potamonautinae Schweitzer et al. p. 138
2020Potamonautinae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPotamoideaOrtmann 1896
familyPotamonautidaeBott 1970
subfamilyPotamonautinaeBott 1970
subfamilyPotamonautinaeBott 1970

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Potamonautinae Bott 1970
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G. Potamonautes MacLeay 1838
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Potamonautes niloticus Milne-Edwards 1837
†Potamonautes tugenensis Morris 1976
G. †Tanzanonautes Feldmann 2007
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†Tanzanonautes tuerkayi Feldmann 2007
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available