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| image_caption = ''[[Fredius platycanthus]]'' |
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Revision as of 17:18, 7 December 2008
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| Superfamily: | Pseudothelphusoidea |
| Family: | Pseudothelphusidae Ortmann, 1893 [1]
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Psueodhtlephusidae 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].
Pseudothlepshusids 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].
References
- ^ a b "Pseudothelphusidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ 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.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|quotes=ignored (help) - ^ a b Gilberto Rodríguez & Célio Magalhães (2005). "Recent advances in the biology of the Neotropical freshwater crab family Psuedothelphusidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 22 (2): 354–365.
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