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''Achlidon agrestis'' is a species of
crab Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
in the family
Pseudothelphusidae Pseudothelphusidae is a family of freshwater crabs found chiefly in mountain streams in the Neotropics. They are believed to have originated in the Greater Antilles and then crossed to Central America via a Pliocene land bridge. Parasitology Pse ...
, and the only species in the genus ''Achlidon''. It lives in rivers in
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and
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Pseudothelphusidae Freshwater crustaceans of North America Monotypic crustacean genera Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Crab-stub