Brasiliothelphusa
| Brasiliothelphusa tapajoensis | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Pseudothelphusidae |
| Genus: | Brasiliothelphusa Magalhães & Türkay, 1986 |
| Species: | B. tapajoensis Magalhães & Türkay, 1986 |
| Synonyms | |
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B. tapajoense Magalhães & Türkay, 1986 | |
Brasiliothelphusa tapajoensis is a species of freshwater crabs in the family Pseudothelphusidae, and the only species in the genus Brasiliothelphusa.[1] It was described in 1986 from specimens caught in the Rio Tapajós in the state of Pará, Brazil.[2] It is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.[3]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Celio Magalhães & Michael Türkay (1986). "Brasiliothelphusa, a new Brazilian freshwater-crab genus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae)" (PDF). Senckenbergiana Biologica 66 (4/6)): 371–376.
- ↑ N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Brasiliothelphusa tapajoense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved December 4, 2010.