Brasiliothelphusa

Brasiliothelphusa tapajoensis is a species of freshwater crabs in the family Pseudothelphusidae, and the only species in the genus Brasiliothelphusa.[2] It was described in 1986 from specimens caught in the Rio Tapajós in the state of Pará, Brazil.[3] It is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.[1]

Brasiliothelphusa tapajoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Pseudothelphusidae
Genus:
Brasiliothelphusa

Magalhães & Türkay, 1986
Species:
B. tapajoensis

Magalhães & Türkay, 1986
Synonyms

B. tapajoense Magalhães & Türkay, 1986

References
  1. N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Brasiliothelphusa tapajoense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T134443A3957622. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134443A3957622.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  3. Celio Magalhães & Michael Türkay (1986). "Brasiliothelphusa, a new Brazilian freshwater-crab genus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae)" (PDF). Senckenbergiana Biologica. 66 (4/6)): 371–376.


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