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Pseudothelphusidae
Sign in to savePseudothelphusidae 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. Some species of this family are troglobitic.
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Vinony's link graph records 106 inbound references to Pseudothelphusidae, and connects out to Decapoda, Paragonimus and Guinotia.
Vinony files it under Eubrachyura, Freshwater crustaceans of South America and Pseudothelphusidae.
Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyPseudothelphusidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 88
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Pseudothelphusidae
- Collections
- CAS, USNM, YPM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
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- Guinotia dentata.jpg
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- Category:Pseudothelphusidae
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Parasitology
- Taxonomy
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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. 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. Predators of pseuthelphusid crabs include the yellow-spotted river turtle and the tufted capuchin.
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