Pseudothelphusidae | |
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Guinotia dentata | |
Scientific classification | |
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] |
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.
Pseudothelpshusids 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]
Forty genera are recognised: [4]
Pseudothelphusidae | |
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Guinotia dentata | |
Scientific classification | |
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] |
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.
Pseudothelpshusids 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]
Forty genera are recognised: [4]