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| Title: | Global diversity of crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) in freshwater | Authors: | Yeo, D.C.J. Ng, P.K.L. Cumberlidge, N. Magalhães, C. Daniels, S.R. Campos, M.R. |
Keywords: | Brachyura Crustacea Decapoda Diversity Freshwater crab Global assessment Species estimates |
Issue Date: | Jan-2008 | Citation: | Yeo, D.C.J., Ng, P.K.L., Cumberlidge, N., Magalhães, C., Daniels, S.R., Campos, M.R. (2008-01). Global diversity of crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595 (1) : 275-286. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-007-9023-3 | Abstract: | An assessment of the global freshwater crab diversity is presented. A total of 1,476 species in 14 families are currently known from all zoogeographical regions (except Antarctica), including 1,306 species in eight exclusively freshwater families (Pseudothelphusidae, Trichodactylidae, Potamonautidae, Deckeniidae, Platythelphusidae, Potamidae, Gecarcinucidae and Parathelphusidae). Estimates of true freshwater crab diversity including likely numbers of undescribed taxa suggest that the field remains largely in a "discovery" phase. Main ideas on the origins, diversification, and phylogeny of true freshwater crabs are briefly discussed. The economic importance of freshwater crabs is also highlighted. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. | Source Title: | Hydrobiologia | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/102459 | ISSN: | 00188158 | DOI: | 10.1007/s10750-007-9023-3 |
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