Decanet taxon details
Acanthothelphusa Ortmann, 1897
450433 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:450433)
accepted
Genus
Thelpheusa nilotica H. Milne Edwards, 1837 accepted as Acanthothelphusa niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (type by original designation)
Lirrangapotamonautes Bott, 1955 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Potamonautes (Lirrangopotamonautes) Bott, 1955 · unaccepted (new status)
Potamonautes (Tripopotamonautes) Bott, 1955 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Acanthothelphusa congoensis (Rathbun, 1921)
- Species Acanthothelphusa didieri (Rathbun, 1905)
- Species Acanthothelphusa dybowskii (Rathbun, 1905)
- Species Acanthothelphusa kisangani (Cumberlidge, Johnson, Clark & Genner, 2021)
- Species Acanthothelphusa lirrangensis (Rathbun, 1904)
- Species Acanthothelphusa lueboensis (Rathbun, 1904)
- Species Acanthothelphusa niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
- Species Acanthothelphusa stanleyensis (Rathbun, 1921)
- Species Acanthothelphusa walderi (Colosi, 1924)
- Species Acanthothelphusa crenuliferum (Wood-Mason, 1875) accepted as Lobothelphusa crenulifera (Wood-Mason, 1875) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potamon (Acanthothelphusa) campi Rathbun, 1894 accepted as Potamonautes paecilei (A. Milne-Edwards, 1886) accepted as Longipotamonautes paecilei (A. Milne-Edwards, 1886) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, error in dating ("1897") in Ng et al., 2008)
- Species Potamon (Acanthothelphusa) faradjensis Rathbun, 1921 accepted as Sudanonautes faradjensis (Rathbun, 1921) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Potamon (Acanthothelphusa) langi Rathbun, 1921 accepted as Platythelphusa langi (Rathbun, 1921) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Ortmann, A. E. (1897). Carcinologische Studien. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere.</em> 10(3): 258-372, pl. 17. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Acanthothelphusa Ortmann, 1897. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450433 on 2025-05-18
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Ortmann, A. E. (1897). Carcinologische Studien. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere.</em> 10(3): 258-372, pl. 17. [details]
original description (of Potamonautes (Tripopotamonautes) Bott, 1955) Bott, R. (1955). Die Süsswasserkrabben von Afrika (Crust., Decap.) und ihre Stammesgeschichte. <em>Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Tervuren, sér. 3, sec. C.</em> 1(3): 209-349; pls. 1-30. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Potamonautes (Lirrangopotamonautes) Bott, 1955) Bott, R. (1955). Die Süsswasserkrabben von Afrika (Crust., Decap.) und ihre Stammesgeschichte. <em>Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Tervuren, sér. 3, sec. C.</em> 1(3): 209-349; pls. 1-30. [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Cumberlidge, N. & Daniels, S. R. (2022). Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on African freshwater crabs (Brachyura: Potamoidea): corrigenda and addenda to Cumberlidge & Daniels (2022). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5169(2): 188–192., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.2.7 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Potamonautes (Tripopotamonautes) Bott, 1955) Bott, R. (1955). Die Süsswasserkrabben von Afrika (Crust., Decap.) und ihre Stammesgeschichte. <em>Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Tervuren, sér. 3, sec. C.</em> 1(3): 209-349; pls. 1-30. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Potamonautes (Lirrangopotamonautes) Bott, 1955) Bott, R. (1955). Die Süsswasserkrabben von Afrika (Crust., Decap.) und ihre Stammesgeschichte. <em>Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Tervuren, sér. 3, sec. C.</em> 1(3): 209-349; pls. 1-30. [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Cumberlidge, N. & Daniels, S. R. (2022). Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on African freshwater crabs (Brachyura: Potamoidea): corrigenda and addenda to Cumberlidge & Daniels (2022). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5169(2): 188–192., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.2.7 [details] Available for editors
