Parathelphusinae is a subfamily of freshwater crabs, which was formerly placed in the family Parathelphusidae; they are mainly found in South and Southeast Asia, but also found elsewhere in Asia and in Australia. The family is now considered as a junior synonym of the family Gecarcinucidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Gecarcinucidae |
| Subfamily: | Parathelphusinae Alcock, 1910 |
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Cave crab, Borneo
The Parathelphusinae inhabit rivers, lakes and rice paddies. Some species, for example from the genus Somanniathelphusa, are locally important as food, particularly in Thailand, Mizoram (India), etc. where they are an important ingredient in som tam. Some others are very rare and close to extinction such as the Parathelphusa reticulata, Singapore's Swamp Forest Crab.[2]
Genera in this family are:[3]
- Adelaena
- Arachnothelphusa
- Austrothelphusa
- Bakousa
- Bassiathelphusa
- Ceylonthelphusa
- Clinothelphusa
- Coccusa
- Currothelphusa
- Esanthelphusa
- Geelvinkia
- Geithusa
- Heterothelphusa
- Holthuisana
- Irmengardia
- Mahatha
- Mainitia
- Mekhongthelphusa
- Migmathelphusa
- Nautilothelphusa
- Niasathelphusa
- Oziotelphusa
- Parathelphusa
- Pastilla
- Perbrinckia
- Perithelphusa
- Rouxana
- Salangathelphusa
- Sartoriana
- Sayamia
- Sendleria
- Siamthelphusa
- Somanniathelphusa
- Spiralothelphusa
- Stygothelphusa
- Sundathelphusa
- Syntripsa
- Terrathelphusa
- Thelphusula
- Torhusa
References
edit- ^ "Gecarcinucidae {family}". Barcode of Life Systems (BOLD). Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. 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.
- ^ P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. 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.
External links
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Media related to Parathelphusidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Parathelphusidae at Wikispecies
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