Parathelphusinae

Parathelphusinae is a subfamily of freshwater crabs, which was formerly placed in the family Parathelphusidae; they are mainly found in South and Southeast Asia, but also found elsewhere in Asia and in Australia. The family is now considered as a junior synonym of the family Gecarcinucidae.

Parathelphusinae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Gecarcinucidae
Subfamily:	Parathelphusinae Alcock, 1910

Arachnothelphusa rhadamanthysi
Cave crab, Borneo

The Parathelphusinae inhabit rivers, lakes and rice paddies. Some species, for example from the genus Somanniathelphusa, are locally important as food, particularly in Thailand, Mizoram (India), etc. where they are an important ingredient in som tam. Some others are very rare and close to extinction such as the Parathelphusa reticulata, Singapore's Swamp Forest Crab.

Genera in this family are:

• Adelaena
• Arachnothelphusa
• Austrothelphusa
• Bakousa
• Bassiathelphusa
• Ceylonthelphusa
• Clinothelphusa
• Coccusa
• Currothelphusa
• Esanthelphusa
• Geelvinkia
• Geithusa
• Heterothelphusa
• Holthuisana
• Irmengardia
• Mahatha
• Mainitia
• Mekhongthelphusa
• Migmathelphusa
• Nautilothelphusa
• Niasathelphusa
• Oziotelphusa
• Parathelphusa
• Pastilla
• Perbrinckia
• Perithelphusa
• Rouxana
• Salangathelphusa
• Sartoriana
• Sayamia
• Sendleria
• Siamthelphusa
• Somanniathelphusa
• Spiralothelphusa
• Stygothelphusa
• Sundathelphusa
• Syntripsa
• Terrathelphusa
• Thelphusula
• Torhusa

References

• The freshwater crabs of Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, East Malaysia, with a description of a new species of Thelphusula Bott, 1969

External links

• Media related to Parathelphusidae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Parathelphusidae at Wikispecies