''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

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, 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

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s and

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. Some species, for example from the

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Somanniathelphusa ''Somanniathelphusa'' is a genus of freshwater crabs found in southeast China, Taiwan, and southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is ...

'', are locally important as food, particularly in

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, Mizoram (India), etc. where they are an important ingredient in ''

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''. Some others are very rare and close to

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such as the Parathelphusa reticulata, Singapore's Swamp Forest Crab. Genera in this family are: *'' Adelaena'' *'' Arachnothelphusa'' *''

Austrothelphusa ''Austrothelphusa'' is a genus of freshwater crab endemic to Australia, comprising the following species: *'' Austrothelphusa agassizi'' (Rathbun, 1905) *'' Austrothelphusa angustifrons'' (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869) *'' Austrothelphusa insulari ...

'' *'' Bakousa'' *'' Bassiathelphusa'' *'' Ceylonthelphusa'' *'' Clinothelphusa'' *'' Coccusa'' *'' Currothelphusa'' *'' Esanthelphusa'' *'' Geelvinkia'' *'' Geithusa'' *'' Heterothelphusa'' *'' Holthuisana'' *'' Irmengardia'' *'' Mahatha'' *'' Mainitia'' *''

Mekhongthelphusa ''Mekhongthelphusa'' is a genus of freshwater crabs in the family Gecarcinucidae, found in South-East Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, i ...

'' *''

Migmathelphusa ''Migmathelphusa olivacea'' is a species of freshwater crab found in Lake Poso on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.Chia, Oliver KS, and Peter KL Ng. "The freshwater crabs of Sulawesi, with descriptions of two new genera and four new species ...

'' *'' Nautilothelphusa'' *'' Niasathelphusa'' *''

Oziotelphusa ''Oziotelphusa'' is a genus of freshwater crabs in the family Gecarcinucidae. Its members are found in Sri Lanka and southern India (throughout Kerala and Tamil Nadu and in the southern part of Karnataka). The genus was formerly placed within fa ...

'' *'' Parathelphusa'' *''

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Perbrinckia ''Perbrinckia'' is a genus of freshwater crabs of the family Gecarcinucidae that is endemism, endemic to Sri Lanka, named after Per Brinck. Its natural habitats are subtropical forest, subtropical or tropical rainforest, tropical moist lowland fo ...

'' *'' Perithelphusa'' *'' Rouxana'' *'' Salangathelphusa'' *'' Sartoriana'' *'' Sayamia'' *'' Sendleria'' *'' Siamthelphusa'' *''

'' *'' Spiralothelphusa'' *'' Stygothelphusa'' *'' Sundathelphusa'' *'' Syntripsa'' *'' Terrathelphusa'' *'' Thelphusula'' *'' Torhusa''

References

The freshwater crabs of Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, East Malaysia, with a description of a new species of Thelphusula Bott, 1969

External links

* * Gecarcinucoidea Arthropod subfamilies {{crab-stub nl:Parathelphusidae