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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/18608| Title: | Global diversity of crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) in freshwater |
| Authors: | Yeo, Darren C.J. Ng, Peter K.L. Cumberlidge, Neil Magalhães, Célio Daniels, Savel Regan Campos, Martha R. |
| Keywords: | Biodiversity Water Freshwater Crab Global Assessment Species Estimates Aquaculture Crab Economic Analysis Freshwater Environment Species Diversity Zoogeographical Region Brachyura Crustacea Decapoda (crustacea) Deckeniidae Gecarcinucidae Parathelphusidae Platythelphusidae Potamidae Potamonautidae Pseudothelphusidae Trichodactylidae |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Hydrobiologia |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 595, Número 1, Pags. 275-286 |
| 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. |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1007/s10750-007-9023-3 |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigos |
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