| Hainanpotamon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Potamidae |
| Subfamily: | Potamiscinae |
| Genus: | Hainanpotamon Dai, 1995 |
| Type species | |
| Potamon (Potamon) orientale Parisi, 1916 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hainanpotamon is a genus of freshwater crabs, containing the following species:
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. The first available name is therefore Hainanpotamon, independently established by Dai in 1995.