Gecarcinucidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gecarcinucoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Brachyura Sectio: Eubrachyura Subsectio: Heterotremata Superfamilia: Gecarcinucoidea

Familia: Gecarcinucidae
Subfamiliae: Gecarcinucinae - Globonautinae

Overview of genera

Arcithelphusa – Baratha – Barytelphusa – Borneosa – Ceylonthelphus – Coccusa – Cylindrotelphusa – Esanthelphusa – Gecarcinucus – Ghatiana – Gubernatoriana – Inglethelphusa – Kani – Kasargodia – Lamella – Niahusa – Occulthusa – Patithelphusa – Pavizham – Pilarta – Rajathelphusa – Sahyadriana – Samudrasa – Salangathelphusa – Sodhiana – Somanniathelphusa – Stygothelphusa – Thelphusula – Travancoriana – Vanni – Vela

Name

Gecarcinucidae Rathbun, 1904

Type genus: Gecarcinucus H. Milne Edwards, 1844 by original designation.

References

Rathbun, M.J. 1904. Some changes in crustacean nomenclature. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17: 169-172. BHL PDF Reference page.
Bahir, M.M. & Yeo, D.C.J. 2007: The gecarcinucid freshwater crabs of southern India (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 16: 309–354.Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Mitrta, S., Rath, S., Jung, W-R., Kim, H-W. & Kundu, S. 2025. Scuttling in the highlands: Discovery of a new genus and species of freshwater crabs (Decapoda, Gecarcinucidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India. ZooKeys 1257: 71–90. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1257.156494 Reference page.
Pati, S.K. & Sudha Devi, A.R. 2015. Description of a new genus and new species of freshwater crab (Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from the Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Zoological Studies 54(35): 1–8. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Pati, S.K. & Thackeray, T. 2018. The freshwater crab genera Ghatiana Pati & Sharma, Gubernatoriana Bott, and Inglethelphusa Bott (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) revisited, with descriptions of a new genus and eleven new species. Zootaxa 4440(1): 1–73. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4440.1.1 Reference page.
Shashi, S.S., Pan, D., Emu, M.J., Roy, M., Sadek, Md.A., Sharifuzzaman, S.M. & Sun, H-Y. 2023. Two new records and an updated checklist of freshwater crabs (Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Potamidae and Gecarcinucidae) from Bangladesh. Zookeys 1167ː 211–222. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1167.102766 Reference page.