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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Heterotremata
Superfamilia: Potamoidea

Superfamilia: Potamidae
Subfamilia: Potamiscinae
Genus: Demanietta
Species: D. burmanica – D. renongensis
Name

Demanietta Bott, 1966

Type species:
References
Additional references

Ng, P.K.L. 2018. On two new species of potamid and sesarmid crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) from caves in Myanmar. Crustaceana 91(2): 185-197. DOI: 10.1163/15685403-00003735. JSTOR Reference page.

Demanietta is a genus of freshwater crabs found in Indochinese Peninsula of Southeast Asia. Most of them are found in fast flowing water habitats, giving their common name "waterfall crabs". The genus contains ten described species:[1]

Demanietta manii (Rathbun, 1904)
Demanietta renongensis (Rathbun, 1904)
Demanietta merguensis (Bott, 1966)
Demanietta thagatensi (Rathbun, 1904)
Demanietta tritrungensis (Naiyanetr, 1986)
Demanietta huahin Yeo, Naiyanetr & Ng, 1999
Demanietta khirikhan Yeo, Naiyanetr & Ng, 1999
Demanietta lansak Yeo, Naiyanetr & Ng, 1999
Demanietta nakhons Yeo, Naiyanetr & Ng, 1999
Demanietta suanphung Yeo, Naiyanetr & Ng, 1999

Thaiphusa sirikit was originally describes as Demanietta sirikit
References

Darren C. J. Yeo , P. Naiyanetr and Peter K. L. Ng (1999). "Revision of the Waterfall Crabs of the Genus Demanietta (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 19 (3): 530–555. doi:10.2307/1549261. JSTOR 1549261.

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