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Brasiliothelphusa

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Brasiliothelphusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pseudothelphusidae
Genus: Brasiliothelphusa
Species:
B. tapajoensis
Binomial name
Brasiliothelphusa tapajoensis
Magalhães & Türkay, 1986
Synonyms

B. tapajoense Magalhães & Türkay, 1986

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-06-08 – via the National University of Singapore.
  3. ^ Celio Magalhães & Michael Türkay (1986). "Brasiliothelphusa, a new Brazilian freshwater-crab genus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae)" (PDF). Senckenbergiana Biologica. 66 (4/6)): 371–376.