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Neotropical Freshwater Crabs
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Neotropical Freshwater Crabs

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. Some species of this family are troglobitic.

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8 branches of this family, most-observed first

Hypolobocerinae

subfamilyHypolobocerinae

Pseudothelphusinae

subfamilyPseudothelphusinae

Kingsleyinae

subfamilyKingsleyinae

Guinotinae

subfamilyGuinotinae

Potamocarcininae

subfamilyPotamocarcininae

Ptychophallinae

subfamilyPtychophallinae

Strengerianinae

subfamilyStrengerianinae

Raddausinae

subfamilyRaddausinae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86026.