Hainanpotamon is a genus of freshwater crabs, containing the following species:[1][2]

Hainanpotamon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Potamidae
Subfamily: Potamiscinae
Genus: Hainanpotamon
Dai, 1995 [1]
Type species
Potamon (Potamon) orientale
Parisi, 1916
Synonyms
  • Orientalia Dang, 1975, non Radoman, 1972

The genus was originally described in 1975 by Dang as Orientalia but that name was a junior homonym of the mollusc genus Orientalia, established by Radoman in 1972.[3] The first available name is therefore Hainanpotamon, independently established by Dai in 1995.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle 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. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  2. ^ De Grave, Sammy (2019). "Hainanpotamon Dai, 1995". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Darren C. J. Yeo & Tohru Naruse (2007). "A revision of the freshwater crab genus Hainanpotamon Dai, 1995 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae: Potamiscinae), with a redescription of Potamon (Potamon) orientale (Parisi, 1916) and descriptions of three new species" (PDF). Zoological Science. 24 (11): 1143–1158. doi:10.2108/zsj.24.1143.