Parathelphusinae
Parathelphusinae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Gecarcinucidae |
Subfamily: | Parathelphusinae Alcock, 1910 |
Parathelphusinae is a subfamily of freshwater crabs, which was formerly placed in the family Parathelphusidae; they are mainly found in South and Southeast Asia, but also found elsewhere in Asia and in Australia
. The family is now considered as a junior synonym of the family Gecarcinucidae.[1]
The Parathelphusinae inhabit
som tam. Some others are very rare and close to extinction such as the Parathelphusa reticulata, Singapore's Swamp Forest Crab.[2]
Genera in this family are:[3]
- Adelaena
- Arachnothelphusa
- Austrothelphusa
- Bakousa
- Bassiathelphusa
- Ceylonthelphusa
- Clinothelphusa
- Coccusa
- Currothelphusa
- Esanthelphusa
- Geelvinkia
- Geithusa
- Heterothelphusa
- Holthuisana
- Irmengardia
- Mahatha
- Mainitia
- Mekhongthelphusa
- Migmathelphusa
- Nautilothelphusa
- Niasathelphusa
- Oziotelphusa
- Parathelphusa
- Pastilla
- Perbrinckia
- Perithelphusa
- Rouxana
- Salangathelphusa
- Sartoriana
- Sayamia
- Sendleria
- Siamthelphusa
- Somanniathelphusa
- Spiralothelphusa
- Stygothelphusa
- Sundathelphusa
- Syntripsa
- Terrathelphusa
- Thelphusula
- Torhusa
References
- ^ "Gecarcinucidae {family}". Barcode of Life Systems (BOLD). Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
- Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
External links
- Media related to Parathelphusidae at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Parathelphusidae at Wikispecies