Gecarcinucidae

Gecarcinucidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Gecarcinucoidea
Family: Gecarcinucidae
Rathbun, 1904 [1]
Genera

26 genera

Gecarcinucidae is a family of true freshwater crabs.[2] The species in the family Parathelphusidae is now classified in the family Gecarcinucidae,[3] by placing subfamily Parathelphusinae. Family Parathelphusidae is now considered as a junior synonym.[4]

Genera

References

  1. "Gecarcinucidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  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. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
  4. "Gecarcinucidae {family}". Barcode of Life Systems (BOLD). Retrieved 5 June 2016.


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