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Pseudothelphusidae

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Description

Pseudothelphusidae is a family of freshwater crabs found chiefly in mountain streams in the Neotropics. They are believed to have originated in the Greater Antilles and then crossed to Central America via a Pliocene land bridge.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudothelphusidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3254116	https://www.gbif.org/species/3254116
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	226023	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=226023

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Pseudothelphusidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
subphylum	Crustacea	Brünnich 1772
class	Malacostraca	Latreille 1802
superorder	Eucarida	Calman 1904
order	Decapoda	Latreille 1802
-	Meiura	Saint Laurent 1980
infraorder	Brachyura	Latreille 1802
superfamily	Pseudothelphusoidea	Ortmann 1893
family	Pseudothelphusidae	Ortmann 1893

Scientific Name

Pseudothelphusidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pseudothelphusidae	family	belongs to Pseudothelphusoidea	stated without evidence	Schweitzer et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (100%)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Malacostraca)

Vision

well-developed (based on Malacostraca)

Diet

carnivore (based on Decapoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Malacostraca)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. E. Ortmann. 1893. Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Döderlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und zur Zeit im Strassburger Museum aufbewahrten Formen. VI Theil. Abtheilung: Brachyura (Brachyura genuina Boas), I. Unterabtheilung: Majoidea und Cancroidea, 1: Section Portuninea. Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums 7:22-88

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudothelphusidae

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Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Epilobocerinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Achlidon genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Allacanthos genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Brasiliothelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camptophallus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chaceus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Colombiathelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ehecatusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eidocamptophallus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elsalvadoria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epilobocera genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eudaniela genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fredius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Globihexapus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Guinotia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hypolobocera genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Isabellagordonia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kingsleya genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kunziana genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lindacatalina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lobithelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Martiana genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melothelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Michaelthelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microtelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microthelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Miosesarma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Moritschus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neoepilobocera genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neopseudothelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neostrengeria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Odontothelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Oedothelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthothelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phallangothelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phrygiopilus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Potamocarcinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prionothelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudothelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ptychophallus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Raddaus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rodriguezus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Smalleyus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spirocarcinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spirothelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Strengeriana genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sylvathelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tehuana genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Typhlopseudothelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tzotzilthelphusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Villalobosius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1893	Pseudothelphusidae Ortmann
2010	Pseudothelphusidae Schweitzer et al.

References

Ortmann A. E. Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Döderlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und zur Zeit im Strassburger Museum aufbewahrten Formen. VI Theil. Abtheilung: Brachyura (Brachyura genuina Boas), I. Unterabtheilung: Majoidea und Cancroidea, 1: Section Portuninea, Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums 7, 22-88

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2010) Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species, Crustaceana Monographs 10, 1-222

De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. supplement 21: 1-109. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Martin, Joel W., and George E. Davis, 2001: An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Science Series 39. 124. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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