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'''Pseudothelphusidae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[freshwater crab]]s found chiefly in mountain streams in the [[Neotropics]].<ref name="Dumont">{{cite journal |journal=[[Hydrobiologia]] |volume=94 |issue=3 |year=1982 |doi=10.1007/BF00016411 |pages=294 |author=H. J. Dumont |title=Book review: ''Les crabes d'eau douce d'Amerique'' by G. Rodriguez }}</ref> They are believed to have originated in the [[Greater Antilles]] and then crossed to [[Central America]] via a [[Pliocene]] [[land bridge]].<ref name="Dumont"/> Some species of this family are troglobitic in the nature.
'''Pseudothelphusidae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[freshwater crab]]s found chiefly in mountain streams in the [[Neotropics]].<ref name="Dumont">{{cite journal |journal=[[Hydrobiologia]] |volume=94 |issue=3 |year=1982 |doi=10.1007/BF00016411 |pages=294 |author=H. J. Dumont |title=Book review: ''Les crabes d'eau douce d'Amerique'' by G. Rodriguez }}</ref> They are believed to have originated in the [[Greater Antilles]] and then crossed to [[Central America]] via a [[Pliocene]] [[land bridge]].<ref name="Dumont"/> Some species of this family are troglobitic in nature and lack pigmentation and also eyes.


==Parasitology==
==Parasitology==

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Pseudothelphusidae
Guinotia dentata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
(unranked): Reptantia
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Pseudothelphusoidea
Ortmann, 1893 [1]
Family: Pseudothelphusidae
Ortmann, 1893 [1]

Pseudothelphusidae is a family of freshwater crabs found chiefly in mountain streams in the Neotropics.[2] They are believed to have originated in the Greater Antilles and then crossed to Central America via a Pliocene land bridge.[2] Some species of this family are troglobitic in nature and lack pigmentation and also eyes.

Parasitology

Pseudothelpshusids are of significance to humans because many species are secondary hosts for lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus.[3] Predators of pseuthelphusid crabs include the yellow-spotted river turtle and the tufted capuchin.[3]

Taxonomy

Forty genera are recognised:[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pseudothelphusidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
  2. ^ a b H. J. Dumont (1982). "Book review: Les crabes d'eau douce d'Amerique by G. Rodriguez". Hydrobiologia. 94 (3): 294. doi:10.1007/BF00016411.
  3. ^ a b Gilberto Rodríguez & Célio Magalhães (2005). "Recent advances in the biology of the Neotropical freshwater crab family Pseudothelphusidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 22 (2): 354–365. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752005000200009.
  4. ^ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
  5. ^ a b Peter K. L. Ng & Martyn E. Y. Low (2010). "On the generic nomenclature of nine brachyuran names, with four replacement names and two nomina protecta (Crustacea: Decapoda)" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2489: 34–46. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2489.1.2.