Potamocarcinus
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Potamocarcinus is a genus of crab
s in the family Pseudothelphusidae
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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:...
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- Potamocarcinus armatus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
- Potamocarcinus aspoekorum (Pretzmann, 1968)
- Potamocarcinus chajulensis Alvarez & Villalobos, 1998
- Potamocarcinus colombiensis von Prahl & Ramos, 1987
- Potamocarcinus falcatus (Rodríguez & Hobbs, 1989)
- Potamocarcinus hartmanni Pretzmann, 1975
- Potamocarcinus leptomelus Rodríguez & Hobbs, 1989
- Potamocarcinus lobulatus Campos & Lemaitre, 2002
- Potamocarcinus magnus (Rathbun, 1895)
- Potamocarcinus nicaraguensis Rathbun, 1893
- Potamocarcinus pinzoni Campos, 2003
- Potamocarcinus poglayeneuwalli Pretzmann, 1978
- Potamocarcinus richmondi (Rathbun, 1893)
- Potamocarcinus roatensis Rodríguez & López, 2003
- Potamocarcinus vulcanensis Rodríguez, 2001
- Potamocarcinus zilchi (Bott, 1956)