Geothelphusa

Geothelphusa
Geothelphusa dehaani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Potamidae
Subfamily: Potamiscinae
Genus: Geothelphusa
Stimpson, 1858
Synonyms

Geothelphusa is a genus of Asian freshwater crabs, erected by W. Stimpson in 1858.

Species

A study on Geothelphusa species from northern Taiwan and the Yaeyama Islands suggests that their speciation was likely driven by climatic changes during the Pleistocene, with two main clades diverging around 5.3 million years ago (Shih et al., 2011).

The World Register of Marine Species includes:

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ Stimpson W (1858) "Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars V. Crustacea Ocypodoidea." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 10: 93–110, Available here
  2. ↑ De Grave, Sammy (2019). "Geothelphusa Stimpson, 1858". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 Jhy-Yun Shy; Hsi-Te Shih; and Jean-Jay Mao (2021). "Geothelphusa boreas, A New Montane Freshwater Crab (Crustacea: Potamidae: Geothelphusa) from northeastern Taiwan, and the Identity of G. hirsuta Tan & Liu, 1998". Zootaxa. 5060 (1): 93–104. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5060.1.4.
  4. ↑ Shy, Jhy-yun; Hsi-te Shih & Jean-jay Mao (2014). "Description of A New Montane Freshwater Crab (Crustacea: Potamidae: Geothelphusa) from northern Taiwan". Zootaxa. 3869 (5): 565–572. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3869.5.6.

Shih, H. T., Ng, P. K. L., Naruse, T., Shokita, S., & Liu, M. Y. (2011). Phylogenetic relationships among freshwater crab species of Geothelphusa from northern Taiwan and the Yaeyama Group of islands. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 250(4), 457–471.