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Austrothelphusa
Genus of crabs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Austrothelphusa is a genus of freshwater crab endemic to Australia, comprising the following species:[1]
- Austrothelphusa agassizi (Rathbun, 1905)
- Austrothelphusa angustifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)
- Austrothelphusa insularis (Colosi, 1919)
- Austrothelphusa raceki (Bishop, 1963)
- Austrothelphusa tigrina (Short, 1994)
- Austrothelphusa transversa (von Martens, 1868)
- Austrothelphusa valentula (Riek, 1951)
- Austrothelphusa wasselli (Bishop, 1963)
Quick Facts Austrothelphusa, Scientific classification ...
Austrothelphusa | |
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Austrothelphusa transversa | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Gecarcinucidae |
Genus: | Austrothelphusa Bott, 1969 |
Type species | |
Thelphusa transversa Von Martens, 1868 |
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Most of these species are restricted to Queensland, but Austrothelphusa transversa is also found in New South Wales, South Australia, Northern Territory and Western Australia.[2]
These crabs grow to a carapace width of 50 millimetres (2.0 in) and are omnivores.[2]