Pseudothelphusidae
| Pseudothelphusidae | |
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| Guinotia dentata | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
- Allacanthos Smalley, 1964
- Achlidon Smalley, 1964
- Brasiliothelphusa Magalhães & Türkay, 1986
- Camptophallus Smalley, 1965
- Chaceus Pretzmann, 1965
- Disparithelphusa Smalley & Adkinson, 1984
- Ehecatusa Ng & Low, 2010 [5]
- Eidocamptophallus Rodríguez & Hobbs, 1989
- Elsalvadoria Bott, 1967
- Epilobocera Stimpson, 1860
- Eudaniela Pretzmann, 1971
- Fredius Pretzmann, 1967
- Guinotia Pretzmann, 1965
- Hypolobocera Ortmann, 1897
- Kingsleya Ortmann, 1897
- Lindacatalina Pretzmann, 1977
- Lobithelphusa Rodríguez, 1982
- Martiana Rodríguez, 1980
- Microthelphusa Pretzmann, 1968
- Moritschus Pretzmann, 1965
- Neoepilobocera Capolongo & Pretzmann, 2002
- Neopseudothelphusa Pretzmann, 1965
- Neostrengeria Pretzmann, 1965
- Odontothelphusa Rodríguez, 1982
- Oedothelphusa Rodríguez, 1980
- Orthothelphusa Rodríguez, 1980
- Phallangothelphusa Pretzmann, 1965
- Phrygiopilus Smalley, 1970
- Potamocarcinus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
- Prionothelphusa Rodríguez, 1980
- Pseudothelphusa Saussure, 1857
- Ptychophallus Smalley, 1964
- Raddaus Pretzmann, 1965
- Rodriguezus Campos & Magalhães, 2005
- Smalleyus Alvarez, 1989
- Spirothelphusa Pretzmann, 1965
- Strengeriana Pretzmann, 1971
- Tehuana Rodríguez & Smalley, 1969
- Typhlopseudothelphusa Rioja, 1952
- Villalobosius Ng & Low, 2010 [5]
References
- ^ a b "Pseudothelphusidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
