Thelphusula styx

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gecarcinucoidea

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

Familia: Gecarcinucidae
Genus: Thelphusula
Species: Thelphusula styx

Name

Thelphusula styx Tan & Ng, 1989:54

Holotype: RMNH 1997.807

Type locality:carapace 13.4 by 9.2 mm, Gua Kelawar (Lubang Kelaiq) ("Bat Cave"), in pitfall trap, just south of forest station at Long Pala (river junction), Gunong Mulu National Park, 4°01'36"N , 114°47'58"E, northern Sarawak, East Malaysia, Borneo, 10.ii.1980, leg. P. Chapman.

References

Primary references

• Ng, P.K.L. 1989. A new cavernicolous freshwater crab, Thelphusula styx spec. nov. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae), from Gunong Mulu, Sarawak, Borneo. Zoologische Mededelingen 63(6): 53–59. PDF. Reference page.