Microthelphusa
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Microthelphusa is a genus of crab
s in the family Pseudothelphusidae
, containing the following species:
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s in the family Pseudothelphusidae
Pseudothelphusidae
Pseudothelphusidae is a family of freshwater crabs found chiefly in mountain streams in the Neotropics. They are believed to have originated in the Greater Antilles and then crossed to Central America via a Pliocene land bridge.-Parasitology:...
, containing the following species:
- Microthelphusa barinensis Rodríguez, 1980
- Microthelphusa bolivari Rodríguez, 1980
- Microthelphusa forcarti (Pretzmann, 1967)
- Microthelphusa ginesi Rodríguez & Esteves, 1972
- Microthelphusa meansi Cumberlidge, 2007
- Microthelphusa odaelkae (Bott, 1970)
- Microthelphusa racenisi (Rodríguez, 1966)
- Microthelphusa rodriguezi (Pretzmann, 1968)
- Microthelphusa somanni (Bott, 1967)
- Microthelphusa sucreensis Rodríguez & Campos, 2000
- Microthelphusa turumikiri Rodríguez, 1980
- Microthelphusa viloriai Suárez, 2006
- Microthelphusa wymanni (Rathbun, 1905)