Achlidon

Achlidon agrestis is a species of crab in the family Pseudothelphusidae, and the only species in the genus Achlidon.[3] It lives in rivers in Mexico and Costa Rica.[1]

Achlidon agrestis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pseudothelphusidae
Genus: Achlidon
Smalley, 1964 [2]
Species:
A. agrestis
Binomial name
Achlidon agrestis
(Rathbun, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Pseudothelphusa (Achlidon) agrestis Rathbun, 1898
  • Anchlidon agrestis (Rathbun, 1898) [orth. error][1]

References
  1. N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Anchlidon agrestis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T134240A3924359. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134240A3924359.en.
  2. Alfred E. Smalley (1964). "The river crabs of Costa Rica, and the subfamilies of the Pseudothelphusidae" (PDF). Tulane Studies in Zoology. 12 (1): 5–13. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20208.
  3. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.


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