Potamonautidae sunt familia brachyorum aquae dulcis quae in Africa endemica sunt, insulis Madagascariensibus, Insulis Seisellensibus, Zanzibara, Mafia, Pemba, Bioko, Sancto Thoma, Principe, et Sherbro Insula non exclusis.[2] Quae familia duodeviginti genera exstantia et 138 species exstantis comprehendit.[3] Aliquot fossilia ex Miocaeno exeunte Potamonautidis tribuuntur.[4]
Subfamiliae et genera
Huic familiae sunt subfamiliae et genera sequentia.[3]
- Deckeniinae Ortmann, 1897
- Deckenia Hilgendorf, 1869
- Seychellum Ng, Števčić & Pretzmann, 1995
- Hydrothelphusinae Bott, 1955
- Afrithelphusa Bott, 1969
- Boreas Cumberlidge & von Sternberg, 2002
- Globonautes Bott, 1959
- Hydrothelphusa A. Milne-Edwards, 1872
- Louisea Cumberlidge, 1994
- Madagapotamon Bott, 1965
- Malagasya Cumberlidge & von Sternberg, 2002
- Marojejy Cumberlidge, Boyko & Harvey, 2002
- Skelosophusa Ng & Takeda, 1994
- Potamonautinae Bott, 1970
- Erimetopus Rathbun, 1894
- Foza Dai & Bo, 1994
- Liberonautes Bott, 1955
- Platythelphusa A. Milne-Edwards, 1887
- Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838
- Potamonemus Cumberlidge & P. F. Clark, 1992
- Sudanonautes Bott, 1955
- Tanzanonautes † Feldmann et al., 2007