Afrithelphusa

Afrithelphusa
Afrithelphusa monodosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Deckeniidae
Subfamily: Deckeniinae
Genus: Afrithelphusa
Bott, 1969
Type species
Afrithelphusa gerhildae
Bott, 1969

Afrithelphusa is a genus of freshwater crabs in the family Deckeniidae.[1] It contains four species,[2] all of which were formerly listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). They are all endemic to the Upper Guinean forests of Guinea and Sierra Leone.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference worms was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.

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