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Prionothelphusa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Infraorder
  
Brachyura

Higher classification
  
Prionothelphusa

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Decapoda

Family
  
Pseudothelphusidae

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Crustacean, Crab, Decapoda

Prionothelphusa is a genus of freshwater crabs in the family Pseudothelphusidae, containing the single species Prionothelphusa eliasi. It lives in Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil in the drainages of the Rio Negro river draining the Guyana Shield, and is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

References

Prionothelphusa Wikipedia