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Psueodhtlephusidae is a family of freshwater crabs found chiefly in mountain streams in the Neotropics 2. They are believed to have originated in the Greater Antilles and then crossed to Central America via a Pliocene land bridge 2.
Pseudothlepshusids are of significance to humans because many species are secondary hosts for lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus 3. Predators of pseuthelphusid crabs include the yellow-spotted river turtle and the tufted capuchin 3.
References
- ^ a b Pseudothelphusidae (TSN 621513). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ a b H. J. Dumont (1982). "Book review: Les crabes d'eau douce d'Amerique by G. Rodriguez". Hydrobiologia 94 (3): 294. doi:, http://www.springerlink.com/content/x6524u4n0v750526/.
- ^ a b Gilberto Rodríguez & Célio Magalhães (2005). "Recent advances in the biology of the Neotropical freshwater crab family Psuedothelphusidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 22 (2): 354–365, http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbzool/v22n2/25136.pdf.
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