Nanhaipotamon

Nanhaipotamon
Nanhaipotamon macau
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Potamidae
Subfamily: Potamiscinae
Genus: Nanhaipotamon
Bott, 1968 [1]
Type species
Nanhaipotamon formosanum
(Parisi, 1916)

Nanhaipotamon is a genus of freshwater crabs, in the subfamily Potamiscinae, found in southern China and Taiwan. As of 2018, 18 species have been described.[2] The genus is named after the South China Sea (Chinese: 南海; pinyin: Nánhǎi; literally: 'South Sea'), for it occurs mostly in coastal areas. The genus was first described by R. Bott in 1968 as Isolapotamon (Nanhaipotamon), i.e., a subgenus of Isolapotamon.[3][4]

  1. ^ Peter K. L. Ng; D. Guinot; Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  2. ^ Shih, Hsi-Te; Zhou, Xian-Min; Chen, Guo-Xiao; Chien, I-Chu; Ng, Peter K.L. (2011). "Recent vicariant and dispersal events affecting the phylogeny and biogeography of East Asian freshwater crab genus Nanhaipotamon (Decapoda: Potamidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58 (3): 427–438. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.013. PMID 21095233.
  3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Nanhaipotamon Bott, 1968". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  4. ^ R. Bott (1968). "Potamiden aus Süd-Asien (Crustacea, Decapoda)". Senckenbergiana Biologica (in German). 49 (2): 119–130. ISSN 0037-2102. Wikidata Q116930533.