Austrothelphusa

Austrothelphusa is a genus of freshwater crab endemic to Australia, comprising the following species:[1]

  • Austrothelphusa agassizi (Rathbun, 1905)
  • Austrothelphusa angustifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)
  • Austrothelphusa insularis (Colosi, 1919)
  • Austrothelphusa raceki (Bishop, 1963)
  • Austrothelphusa tigrina (Short, 1994)
  • Austrothelphusa transversa (von Martens, 1868)
  • Austrothelphusa valentula (Riek, 1951)
  • Austrothelphusa wasselli (Bishop, 1963)

Austrothelphusa
Austrothelphusa transversa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Gecarcinucidae
Genus: Austrothelphusa
Bott, 1969
Type species
Thelphusa transversa

Most of these species are restricted to Queensland, but Austrothelphusa transversa is also found in New South Wales, South Australia, Northern Territory and Western Australia.[2]

These crabs grow to a carapace width of 50 millimetres (2.0 in) and are omnivores.[2]

References
  1. 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 6 June 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  2. "Austrothelphusa". Identification and Ecology of Australian Freshwater Invertebrates. Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre. Retrieved 17 May 2010.


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