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.
| 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] |
Parasitology
editPseudothelpshusids 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
editForty 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
edit- ^ 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.