Trichodactylidae
Also known as: South American Freshwater Crabs
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Malacostraca |
| Order | Decapoda |
| Family | Trichodactylidae |
| Published in | Milne Edwards, H. (1853). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. Annales Des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd Series, 20: 163–228, pls. 6–11. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=428570 |
| Habitat | FRESHWATER |
| Genera | 15 |
| Species records held | 49 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 98 |
| GBIF key | 4858 |
Genera in Trichodactylidae
- Trichodactylus — 12 species: Trichodactylus borellianus, Trichodactylus crassus, Trichodactylus dentatus, Trichodactylus edwardsi, Trichodactylus ehrhardti, Trichodactylus faxoni, Trichodactylus fluviatilis, Trichodactylus kensleyi
- Sylviocarcinus — 5 species: Sylviocarcinus australis, Sylviocarcinus devillei, Sylviocarcinus maldonadoensis, Sylviocarcinus pictus, Sylviocarcinus piriformis
- Valdivia — 4 species: Valdivia camerani, Valdivia cururuensis, Valdivia novemdentata, Valdivia serrata
- Bottiella — 3 species: Bottiella cucutensis, Bottiella medemi, Bottiella niceforei
- Dilocarcinus — 3 species: Dilocarcinus pagei, Dilocarcinus septemdentatus, Dilocarcinus truncatus
- Fredilocarcinus — 3 species: Fredilocarcinus apyratii, Fredilocarcinus musmuschiae, Fredilocarcinus raddai
- Moreirocarcinus — 3 species: Moreirocarcinus chacei, Moreirocarcinus emarginata, Moreirocarcinus laevifrons
- Poppiana — 3 species: Poppiana argentiniana, Poppiana bulbifer, Poppiana dentata
- Rodriguezia — 3 species: Rodriguezia adani, Rodriguezia mensabak, Rodriguezia villalobosi
- Zilchiopsis — 3 species: Zilchiopsis collastinensis, Zilchiopsis cryptoda, Zilchiopsis oronensis
- Avotrichodactylus — 2 species: Avotrichodactylus constrictus, Avotrichodactylus oaxensis
- Goyazana — 2 species: Goyazana castelnaui, Goyazana rotundicauda
- Forsteriana — 1 species: Forsteriana venezuelensis
- Melocarcinus — 1 species: Melocarcinus meekei
- Rotundovaldivia — 1 species: Rotundovaldivia latidens
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.