Potamonautes
| Potamonautes Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Potamonautes sidneyi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Potamonautidae |
| Subfamily: | Potamonautinae |
| Genus: | Potamonautes Macleay, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Thelphusa perlata H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 | |
Potamonautes is a genus of African freshwater crabs in the family Potamonautidae. It is both the most widespread and most diverse genus of African freshwater crabs, including more than half the species of this continent. They are found in most freshwater habitats of the African mainland and some species are semi-terrestrial.