Biology:Syntripsa

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Short description: Genus of crabs

Syntripsa
Scientific classification e
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]

  • Syntripsa flavichela Chia & Ng, 2006
  • Syntripsa matannensis (Schenkel, 1902)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q18598996 entry