Gecarcinucidae

Gecarcinucidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Gecarcinucoidea
Family: Gecarcinucidae
Rathbun, 1904 [1]
Genera
  • Baratha
  • Barytelphusa
  • Cylindrotelphusa
  • Gecarcinus
  • Globitelphusa
  • Gubernatoriana
  • Inglethelphusa
  • Lamella
  • Lepidothelphusa
  • Liotelphusa
  • Maydelliathelphusa
  • Phricotelphusa
  • Pilarta
  • Snaha
  • Thaksinthelphusa
  • Travancoriana
  • Vanni
  • Vela

Gecarcinucidae is a family of freshwater crabs.[2] Some scientists also include the genera placed in the family Parathelphusidae in a larger Gecarcinucidae.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Gecarcinucidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=621514. 
  2. ^ 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. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf. 
  3. ^ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf.