🦋 Family

Gecarcinucidae

6 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Gecarcinucidae

Austrothelphusa transversa, the inland crab, is an Australian endemic freshwater burrowing crab with maternal care of juveniles.

Parathelphusa convexa De Man, 1879 is a crab with distinct physical traits whose corpses are used for pest control.

Parathelphusa reticulata is a critically endangered nocturnal freshwater crab endemic to Singapore's Nee Soon Swamp Forest.

Somanniathelphusa zanklon is an endangered, Hong Kong-endemic freshwater crab with a typical true freshwater crab lifecycle.

Ghatiana atropurpurea is a partially arboreal purple crab species found in parts of western India.

Barytelphusa cunicularis is an Indian nocturnal freshwater crab widely consumed for food and traditional medicine in Maharashtra.

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