Austrothelphusa

Austrothelphusa is a genus of freshwater crab endemic to Australia, comprising the following species:[1]

  • Austrothelphusa agassizi (Rathbun, 1905)
  • Austrothelphusa angustifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)
  • Austrothelphusa insularis (Colosi, 1919)
  • Austrothelphusa raceki (Bishop, 1963)
  • Austrothelphusa tigrina (Short, 1994)
  • Austrothelphusa transversa (von Martens, 1868)
  • Austrothelphusa valentula (Riek, 1951)
  • Austrothelphusa wasselli (Bishop, 1963)

Austrothelphusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Gecarcinucidae
Genus:
Austrothelphusa

Bott, 1969
Type species
Thelphusa transversa

Most of these species are restricted to Queensland, but Austrothelphusa transversa is also found in New South Wales, South Australia, Northern Territory and Western Australia.[2]

These crabs grow to a carapace width of 50 millimetres (2.0 in) and are omnivores.[2]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Austrothelphusa". Identification and Ecology of Australian Freshwater Invertebrates. Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre. Retrieved 17 May 2010.


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