Prionothelphusa

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Prionothelphusa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pseudothelphusidae
Genus: Prionothelphusa
Species:
P. eliasi
Binomial name
Prionothelphusa eliasi
Rodríguez, 1980

Prionothelphusa is a genus of freshwater crabs in the family Pseudothelphusidae, containing the single species Prionothelphusa eliasi. [2] [3] It lives in Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil in the drainages of the Rio Negro river draining the Guyana Shield, and is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Prionothelphusa eliasi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T134328A3939123. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134328A3939123.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ P. Davie (2010). "Prionothelphusa Rodríguez, 1980". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved December 5, 2010.


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