Neotropical freshwater crabs (Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae) shred leaves [PDF]
Nauplius, 2020 Abstract Freshwater crabs are macroconsumers that are commonly found in Neotropical headwater streams that may play a key role in energy flow and nutrient cycling in detrital food webs. Although studies have examined the feeding habits of trichodactylid crabs, little is known of this behavior in pseudothelphusid species, and specifically whether they ...
Carol Yang +3 more
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Hypolobocera guayaquilensis (Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae): A New Crab Intermediate Host of Paragonimus mexicanus in Manabí Province, Ecuador. [PDF]
Korean J Parasitol, 2018 To determine that Paragonimus sp. is actively transmitted in a tropical area of the Pacific region of Ecuador where human cases of pulmonary paragonimiasis have recently been documented, a total of 75 freshwater crabs were collected from 2 different streams in the Pedernales area of Manabí Province, Ecuador.
Calvopina M +4 more
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Six New Species of Fresh-Water Crabs (Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from Chiapas, Mexico [PDF]
Journal of Crustacean Biology, 1998 Six new species of fresh-water crabs of the family Pseudothelphusidae from Chiapas, Mexico, are described. Two of the new species belong to the genus Phrygiopilus, which is reported from Mexico for the first time; 1 new species of Potamocarcinus is recognized; and 3 new species are placed in the genus Odontothelphusa.
Fernando Alvarez +2 more
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Foregut morphology of Pseudothelphusidae and Trichodactylidae (Decapoda: Brachyura) from northeastern Pará, Brazil [PDF]
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2010 The gross morphology of foregut was investigated and described in detail for four freshwater crab species: a pseudothelphusid, Fredius reflexifrons (Ortmann, 1897) and three trichodactylids - Sylviocarcinus pictus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1853), Valdivia serrata White, 1847, and Dilocarcinus septemdentatus (Herbst, 1783).
ALVES, Soraya Tatiana Macêdo +2 more
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Checklist of freshwater symbiotic temnocephalans (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora, Temnocephalida) from the Neotropics [PDF]
, 2014 Fil: Martínez-Aquino, Andrés. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Zoología Invertebrados; ArgentinaFil: Brusa, Francisco. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo.
Brusa, Francisco +2 more
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Two New Species of Freshwater Crabs of the Genus Tehuana (Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from Southern Mexico [PDF]
Journal of Crustacean Biology, 2003 Abstract Two new species of freshwater crabs of the genus Tehuana from the states of Tabasco and Oaxaca, Mexico, are described, and a new diagnosis for the genus is presented. Tehuana chontalpaensis, new species, was collected in a mountain river in southwest Tabasco at 900 m above sea level; it is distinguished by a first gonopod with an elongated ...
José Luis Villalobos, Fernando Alvarez
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Biota Colombiana, 2022 Los cangrejos de agua dulce (Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae) son un grupo de invertebrados clave en los ecosistemas montanos de Colombia; participan en el reciclaje de la materia orgánica, son eslabones intermedios de las cadenas tróficas, y son sensibles a las perturbaciones antropogénicas. Los pocos estudios en el departamento de Caldas se han enfocado
Juan Mateo Rivera Pérez +2 more
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Distribución espacial y aspectos ecológicos de Neostrengeria macropa (Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae) en la sabana de Bogotá, Colombia [PDF]
, 2021 Los pseudotelfúsidos forman parte de la fauna de ecosistemas acuáticos de Centro y Sudamérica. Poseen un endemismo marcado, siendo relevante conocer su distribución y ecología.
Camila González-Rosas +2 more
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Freshwater Crustaceans Decadpos: An Important Resource of Guatemala [PDF]
, 2018 Guatemala is a mega diversity country because it has several ecosystems and the physiography has a high diversity. However, the local population uses this biodiversity as a natural resource of food mainly.
Crandall, Keith A. +5 more
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Mountain crabs (Pseudothelphusidae: Hypolobocera) in the Neotropic
, 2023 This paper summarizes what is known about the mountain crabs of the Genus Hypolobocera Ortmann, 1897 in the Neotropics, based on a bibliographic review. The sources of secondary information correspond to scientific journals, mainly. There are 42 species of mountain crabs, reported mostly from Colombia.
Zúñiga, Andrés, Zambrano, René
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