''Epilobocera'' is a genus 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 ...
s in the family Epiloboceridae
[ (formerly ]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 ...
). It is the only genus in its family; this taxonomic arrangement follows the revision of the family Pseudothelphusidae by Álvarez and colleagues.
Species
''Epilobocera'' contains the following species:[
* '' Epilobocera armata'' Smith, 1870
* '' Epilobocera capolongoi'' Pretzmann, 2000
* '' Epilobocera cubensis'' Stimpson, 1860
* '' Epilobocera gertraudae'' Pretzmann, 1965
* '']Epilobocera gilmanii
''Epilobocera'' is a genus of crabs in the family Epiloboceridae (formerly Pseudothelphusidae
Pseudothelphusidae is a family of freshwater crabs found chiefly in mountain streams in the Neotropics. They are believed to have originated in the G ...
'' (Smith, 1870)
* '' Epilobocera haytensis'' Rathbun, 1893
* '' Epilobocera sinuatifrons'' (A. Milne-Edwards, 1866)
* '' Epilobocera wetherbeei'' Rodriguez & Williams, 1995
References
Decapod genera
Taxa named by William Stimpson
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