Achlidon

Achlidon agrestis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pseudothelphusidae
Genus: Achlidon
Smalley, 1964 [2]
Species: A. agrestis
Binomial name
Achlidon agrestis
(Rathbun, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Pseudothelphusa (Achlidon) agrestis Rathbun, 1898
  • Anchlidon agrestis (Rathbun, 1898) [orth. error]

Achlidon agrestis is a species of crab in the family Pseudothelphusidae, and the only species in the genus Achlidon.[3] It lives in rivers in Mexico and Costa Rica.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Anchlidon agrestis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  2. Alfred E. Smalley (1964). "The river crabs of Costa Rica, and the subfamilies of the Pseudothelphusidae" (PDF). Tulane Studies in Zoology 12 (1): 5–13.
  3. 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.
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