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Subfamily of crabs

Parathelphusinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Gecarcinucidae
Subfamily: Parathelphusinae
Alcock, 1910
Arachnothelphusa rhadamanthysi
Cave crab, Borneo

Parathelphusinae is a subfamily of freshwater crabs, which was formerly placed in the family Parathelphusidae; they are mainly found in South and Southeast Asia, but also found elsewhere in Asia and in Australia. The family is now considered as a junior synonym of the family Gecarcinucidae.

The Parathelphusinae inhabit rivers, lakes and rice paddies. Some species, for example from the genus Somanniathelphusa, are locally important as food, particularly in Thailand, Mizoram (India), etc. where they are an important ingredient in som tam. Some others are very rare and close to extinction such as the Parathelphusa reticulata, Singapore's Swamp Forest Crab.

Genera in this family are:

References

  1. "Gecarcinucidae {family}". Barcode of Life Systems (BOLD). Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. ^ Ng, P. K. L.; Guinot, D.; Davie, P. J. F. (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.

Further reading

Taxon identifiers
Parathelphusidae


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