Parathelphusa convexa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Gecarcinucidae |
Genus: | Parathelphusa |
Species: | P. convexa |
Binomial name | |
Parathelphusa convexa (De Man, 1879) | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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The yuyu [3] (Parathelphusa convexa) is a species of gecarcinucid crab. It is native to Java, [1] and lives on rice paddies and rivers. They are often preyed upon by storks, ducks, large fish, toads and asian water monitors.
They have a dark brown trapezium-shaped carapace with three teeth and small eyes, with the third maxilliped closed shut. [4]
The corpses of this crab is used as a pest control as its smell attracts Leptocorisa oratoria , which eats rice ears. [5]
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