Pseudothelphusidae

Life-forms

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: Pseudothelphusoidea

Familia: Pseudothelphusidae
Subfamiliae: Epilobocerinae - Pseudothelphusinae
Name

Pseudothelphusidae Ortmann, 1893
References

Ortmann, A. 1893. Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Döderlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und zur Zeit im Strassburger Museum aufbewahrten Formen. VI. Theil. Abtheilung: Abtheilung: Brachyura (Brachyura genuina Boas) I. Unterabtheilung: Majoidea und Cancroidea, 1. Section Portuninea. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 7(1): 23-88, pl. 3 PDF Reference page.
Guinot, D.; Hendrickx, M.E. 2014: Correct date and authorship of taxa of Middle American freshwater crabs described by Rodríguez & Smalley (1972) (not 1969) and included in Smalley (1970) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae). Zootaxa 3821(4): 476–484. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.4.6 Reference page.
Campos, M.R.; Magalhães, C. 2014: Colombiathelphusa, a new genus of freshwater crab from Colombia, and the first location record of Eidocamptophallus chacei (Pretzmann, 1967) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae). Zootaxa 3860(6): 571–579. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3860.6.5 Reference page.

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.
Parasitology

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]
Taxonomy

Forty genera are recognised:[4]

Allacanthos Smalley, 1964
Achlidon Smalley, 1964
Brasiliothelphusa Magalhães & Türkay, 1986
Camptophallus Smalley, 1965
Chaceus Pretzmann, 1965
Disparithelphusa Smalley & Adkinson, 1984
Ehecatusa Ng & Low, 2010 [5]
Eidocamptophallus Rodríguez & Hobbs, 1989
Elsalvadoria Bott, 1967
Epilobocera Stimpson, 1860
Eudaniela Pretzmann, 1971
Fredius Pretzmann, 1967
Guinotia Pretzmann, 1965
Hypolobocera Ortmann, 1897
Kingsleya Ortmann, 1897
Lindacatalina Pretzmann, 1977
Lobithelphusa Rodríguez, 1982
Martiana Rodríguez, 1980
Microthelphusa Pretzmann, 1968
Moritschus Pretzmann, 1965
Neoepilobocera Capolongo & Pretzmann, 2002
Neopseudothelphusa Pretzmann, 1965
Neostrengeria Pretzmann, 1965
Odontothelphusa Rodríguez, 1982
Oedothelphusa Rodríguez, 1980
Orthothelphusa Rodríguez, 1980
Phallangothelphusa Pretzmann, 1965
Phrygiopilus Smalley, 1970
Potamocarcinus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
Prionothelphusa Rodríguez, 1980
Pseudothelphusa Saussure, 1857
Ptychophallus Smalley, 1964
Raddaus Pretzmann, 1965
Rodriguezus Campos & Magalhães, 2005
Smalleyus Alvarez, 1989
Spirothelphusa Pretzmann, 1965
Strengeriana Pretzmann, 1971
Tehuana Rodríguez & Smalley, 1969
Typhlopseudothelphusa Rioja, 1952
Villalobosius Ng & Low, 2010 [5]

References

"Pseudothelphusidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
H. J. Dumont (1982). "Book review: Les crabes d'eau douce d'Amerique by G. Rodriguez". Hydrobiologia. 94 (3): 294. doi:10.1007/BF00016411.
Gilberto Rodríguez & Célio Magalhães (2005). "Recent advances in the biology of the Neotropical freshwater crab family Pseudothelphusidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 22 (2): 354–365. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752005000200009.
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.
Peter K. L. Ng & Martyn E. Y. Low (2010). "On the generic nomenclature of nine brachyuran names, with four replacement names and two nomina protecta (Crustacea: Decapoda)" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2489: 34–46. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2489.1.2.