Prionothelphusa

Prionothelphusa eliasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pseudothelphusidae
Genus: Prionothelphusa
Rodríguez, 1980
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 N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Prionothelphusa eliasi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T134328A3939123. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134328A3939123.en. Retrieved 9 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.
  3. P. Davie (2010). "Prionothelphusa Rodríguez, 1980". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 5, 2010.


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