Achlidon

Achlidon
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Pseudothelphusidae
Genus:	Achlidon Smalley, 1964  [2]
Species:	A. agrestis
Binomial name
Achlidon agrestis (Rathbun, 1898)
Synonyms
Pseudothelphusa (Achlidon) agrestisRathbun, 1898 Anchlidon agrestis(Rathbun, 1898) [orth. error] [1]

Achlidon agrestis is a species of crab in the family Pseudothelphusidae, and the only species in the genus Achlidon. ^[3] It lives in rivers in Mexico and Costa Rica. ^[1]

References

1. N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Anchlidon agrestis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008: e.T134240A3924359. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134240A3924359.en .
2. Alfred E. Smalley (1964). "The river crabs of Costa Rica, and the subfamilies of the Pseudothelphusidae" (PDF). Tulane Studies in Zoology . 12 (1): 5–13. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20208.
3. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.