New Species of Freshwater Crab from Venezuela and Redescription of Microthelphusa Rodriguezi Pretzmann, 1968 (Brachyura: Pseudothelphusoidea: Pseudothelphusidae) | Zendy

Héctor Suárez | Zendy

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New Species of Freshwater Crab from Venezuela and Redescription of Microthelphusa Rodriguezi Pretzmann, 1968 (Brachyura: Pseudothelphusoidea: Pseudothelphusidae)

Author(s) -

Héctor Suárez

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of crustacean biology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.509

H-Index - 54

eISSN - 1937-240X

pISSN - 0278-0372

DOI - 10.1651/s-2641.1

Subject(s) - biology , freshwater crab , range (aeronautics) , genus , zoology , ecology , type (biology) , decapoda , crustacean , materials science , composite material

A new species of freshwater crab Microthelphusa viloriai, from the Andean range of Venezuela is described and illustrated. The type species of the genus, M. rodriguezi is redescribed on the following examination of the single specimen so far known. Data on the geographical and altitudinal distribution of the species of Microthelphusa are also presented.

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