Potamonautes bourgaultae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Potamoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Brachyura Sectio: Eubrachyura Subsectio: Heterotremata Superfamilia: Potamoidea

Familia: Potamonautidae
Subfamilia: Potamonautinae
Genus: Potamonautes
Species: Potamonautes bourgaultae

Name

Potamonautes bourgaultae Cumberlidge & Meyer, 2011

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo, Idjwi Island, Lake Kivu.

Holotype: MCZ. male ♂. II.1939. legit A. Loveridge. MCZ 11231.

Synonymy

• Potamon emini Chace 1942: 197 (preoccupied by Telphusa emini Hilgendorf, 1892)
• Potamonautes bourgaultae Cumberlidge & Meyer, 2011 (replacement name for Potamon emini: Chace 1942)

References

Primary references

• Cumberlidge, N. & Meyer, K.S. 2011. The freshwater crabs of Lake Kivu (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamonautidae). Journal of Natural History 45(29-30): 1835-1857. Reference page.