| 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 |
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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.