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Freshwater crustacean fauna of Asia
The freshwater crustacean fauna of Asia is dominated by freshwater crabs of Potamidae and Gecarcinucidae and caridean shrimps, centered on tropical Asia, the world's richest region.
Potamidae
Potamidae (Ortmann, 1896) is a family of primary freshwater crabs with two subfamilies, Potaminae and Potamiscinae, across North Africa, southern Europe, and Asia; about 505 species, separated by the Indian plate collision around 22.8 Ma.