Parathelphusinae

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Parathelphusinae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Gecarcinucidae
Subfamily: Parathelphusinae
Alcock, 1910
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Arachnothelphusa rhadamanthysi
Cave crab, Borneo

Parathelphusinae is a subfamily of freshwater crabs, which was formerly placed in the family Parathelphusidae; they are mainly found in South and Southeast Asia, but also found elsewhere in Asia and in Australia

. The family is now considered as a junior synonym of the family Gecarcinucidae. [1]

The Parathelphusinae inhabit rivers, lakes and rice paddies. Some species, for example from the genus Somanniathelphusa , are locally important as food, particularly in Thailand, Mizoram (India), etc. where they are an important ingredient in som tam . Some others are very rare and close to extinction such as the Parathelphusa reticulata, Singapore's Swamp Forest Crab. [2]

Genera in this family are: [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Gecarcinucidae {family}". Barcode of Life Systems (BOLD). Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. ↑ P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. 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.
  3. ↑ P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. 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.


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