Magalhães, Célio;Wehrtmann, Ingo S.;Lara, Luis Rólier;Mantelatto, Fernando L.
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.
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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Encyclopedic overview
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- Parasitology
- Taxonomy
- References
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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