Brasiliothelphusa

Brasiliothelphusa tapajoensis is a species of freshwater crabs in the family Pseudothelphusidae, and the only species in the genus Brasiliothelphusa.[2] It was described in 1986 from specimens caught in the Rio Tapajós in the state of Pará, Brazil.[3] It is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.[1]

Brasiliothelphusa tapajoensis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Pseudothelphusidae
Genus:	Brasiliothelphusa Magalhães & Türkay, 1986
Species:	B. tapajoensis Magalhães & Türkay, 1986
Synonyms
B. tapajoense Magalhães & Türkay, 1986

References

1. N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Brasiliothelphusa tapajoense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T134443A3957622. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134443A3957622.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
3. Celio Magalhães & Michael Türkay (1986). "Brasiliothelphusa, a new Brazilian freshwater-crab genus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae)" (PDF). Senckenbergiana Biologica. 66 (4/6)): 371–376.