Syntripsa

Syntripsa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Gecarcinucidae
Subfamily: Parathelphusinae
Genus: Syntripsa
Chia & Ng, 2006
Type species
Syntripsa matannensis[1]

Syntripsa is a genus of freshwater crabs found in lakes on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.[1]

Species

There are two species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Chia, Oliver KS, and Peter KL Ng. "The freshwater crabs of Sulawesi, with descriptions of two new genera and four new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Parathelphusidae)." (2006).

Further reading

  • Schubart, Christoph D., Tobias Santl, and Peter Koller. "Mitochondrial patterns of intra-and interspecific differentiation among endemic freshwater crabs of ancient lakes in Sulawesi." Contributions to Zoology 77.2 (2008): 83-90.
  • Schubart, Christoph D., and Peter KL Ng. "A new molluscivore crab from Lake Poso confirms multiple colonization of ancient lakes in Sulawesi by freshwater crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154.2 (2008): 211-221.
  • Poettinger, Theodor, and Christoph D. Schubart. "Molecular diversity of freshwater crabs from Sulawesi and the sequential colonization of ancient lakes." Hydrobiologia 739.1 (2014): 73-84.
  • "Syntripsa". The Encyclopedia of Life. Edit this at Wikidata


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