Pseudothelphusidae

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Pseudothelphusidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Pseudothelphusoidea
Ortmann, 1893 [1]
Family: Pseudothelphusidae
Ortmann, 1893 [1]
Genera
  • Chaceus
  • Epilobocera
  • Eudaniela
  • Fredius
  • Hypolobocera
  • Kinglseya
  • Lindacatalina
  • Microthelphusa
  • Moritschus
  • Neostrengeria
  • Odontothelphusa
  • Phallangothelphusa
  • Phrygiopilus
  • Potamocarcinus
  • Ptychophallus
  • Strengeriana
  • Tehuana
  • Villalobosus

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].

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Pseudothelphusidae (TSN 621513). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  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 Psuedothelphusidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 22 (2): 354–365. 


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