Prionothelphusa

Prionothelphusa is a genus of freshwater crabs in the family Pseudothelphusidae, containing the single species Prionothelphusa eliasi.[2][3] It lives in Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil in the drainages of the Rio Negro river draining the Guyana Shield, and is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.[1]

Prionothelphusa eliasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Pseudothelphusidae
Genus:
Prionothelphusa

Rodríguez, 1980
Species:
P. eliasi
Binomial name
Prionothelphusa eliasi
Rodríguez, 1980

References
  1. Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Prionothelphusa eliasi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T134328A3939123. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134328A3939123.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. P. Davie (2010). "Prionothelphusa Rodríguez, 1980". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 5, 2010.


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