Biology:Gecarcinucidae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Gecarcinucoidea |
| Family: | Gecarcinucidae Rathbun, 1904 [1] |
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The Gecarcinucidae are a family of true freshwater crabs. They are found throughout South Asia, Southeast Asia and New Guinea, with a single genus found in Australia .[2]
Taxonomy
The family Parathelphusidae is now demoted to the rank of subfamily, as the Parathelphusinae, within the Gecarcinucidae.[3] "Family" Parathelphusidae is now considered as a junior synonym.[4]
The Gecarcinucidae are thought to have originated in the Indian subcontinent when it was an island continent in the Paleogene, despite not being of ancient Gondwanan origins themselves (unlike other lineages that are thought to have originated in Insular India). Divergence estimates indicate that the Gecarcinucidae originate from Southeast Asian ancestors that dispersed to India during the middle Eocene, before India collided with Asia. This is thought to have occurred due to India drifting close enough to Southeast Asia to allow for biotic exchange between both regions. As the Gecarcinucidae are a freshwater group that could not disperse via marine habitats, this indicates that temporary land bridges may have formed in the Eocene between India and Southeast Asia, allowing for the dispersal of freshwater organisms to India while it was still isolated. Following the India-Asia collision, the Gecarcinucidae dispersed back into mainland Asia, and from there to Australasia.[5]
The Gecarcinucidae are thought to be the sister group to the Potamoidea (the superfamily comprising the Potamidae and Potamonautidae).[5]
Genera
- Travancoriana Bott, 1969
- Geelvinkia Bahir & Yeo, 2007
- Bott, 1969 Bott, 1969
- Bott, 1974 Geithusa
- Ng, 1989 Bahir & Yeo, 2007
- Ghatiana Bakousa
- Pati & Sharma, 2014 Vela
- Globitelphusa Vanni
- Alcock, 1909 Maydelliathelphusa
- Gubernatoriana Ng, 1995
- Bott, 1970 Torhusa
- Guinothusa Migmathelphusa
- Yeo & Ng, 2010 Niasathelphusa
- Heterothelphusa Balssiathelphusa
- Ng & Lim, 1986 Parathelphusa
- Holthuisana Thaksinthelphusa
- Bott, 1969 Ng & Tay, 2001
- Arachnothelphusa Bott, 1969
- Bott, 1970 Perbrinckia
- Irmengardia Phricotelphusa
- Bott, 1969 Syntripsa
- Kani Baratha
- Kumar, Raj & Ng, 2017 Bott, 1969
- Lamella Rouxana
- Bahir & Yeo, 2007 Sartoriana
- Lepidopthelphusa Bahir & Yeo, 2007
- Colosi, 1920 Stygothelphusa
- Liotelphusa Naiyanetr, 1994
- Alcock, 1909 Sendleria
- Mahatha Barytelphusa
- Ng & Tay, 2001 Snaha
- Mainitia Somanniathelphusa
- Bott, 1969 Adeleana
- Ng, 1991 Alcock, 1909
- Bott, 1969 Mekhongthelphusa
- Naiyanetr, 1985 Ceylonthelphusa
- O. K. S. Chia & Ng, 2006 Nautilothelphusa
- Balss, 1933 Bott, 1969
- Ng, 1991 Oziotelphusa
- Muller, 1887 Clinothelphusa
- H. Milne Edwards, 1853 Pastilla
- Aradhya Ng & Tay, 2001
- Bott, 1969 Perithelphusa
- Man, 1899 Coccusa
- Alcock, 1909 Pilarta
- Bahir & Yeo, 2007 S. H. Tan & Ng, 1998
- Bott, 1969 Salangathelphusa
- Bott, 1968 Currothelphusa
- Bott, 1969 Sayamia
- Pati, Bajantri & Hegde, 2023 Ng, 1990
- Bott, 1969 Siamthelphusa
- Bott, 1968 Cylindrotelphusa
- Bahir & Yeo, 2007 Sodhiana
- Yeo & Ng, 2012 Alcock, 1909
- Bott, 1968 Spiralothelphusa
- Bott, 1968 Esanthelphusa
- Ng, 1989 Sundathelphusa
- Austrothelphusa Naiyanetr, 1994
- O. K. S. Chia & Ng, 2006 Terrathelphusa
- Ng, 1989 Gecarcinucus
- Ng & Naiyanetr, 1993 Thelphusula
- Bott, 1969 Milne Edwards, 1844
- Ng, 1997 Inglethelphusa
References
- ↑ "Gecarcinucidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=621514.
- ↑ 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". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf.
- ↑ Sammy De Grave et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf.
- ↑ "Gecarcinucidae {family}". Barcode of Life Systems (BOLD). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=79124.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Klaus, Sebastian; Schubart, Christoph D.; Streit, Bruno; Pfenninger, Markus (2010-09-17). "When Indian crabs were not yet Asian - biogeographic evidence for Eocene proximity of India and Southeast Asia" (in en). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10 (1): 287. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-287. ISSN 1471-2148. PMID 20849594.
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