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.[1][2] 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.[3]

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. P. Davie (2010). "Prionothelphusa Rodríguez, 1980". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
  3. N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Prionothelphusa eliasi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved December 31, 2011.


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