Demanietta is a genus of freshwater crabs found in Indochinese Peninsula of Southeast Asia. Most of them are found in fast flowing water habitats, giving their common name "waterfall crabs". The genus contains ten described species:[1]
- Demanietta manii (Rathbun, 1904)
- Demanietta renongensis (Rathbun, 1904)
- Demanietta merguensis (Bott, 1966)
- Demanietta thagatensi (Rathbun, 1904)
- Demanietta tritrungensis (Naiyanetr, 1986)
- Demanietta huahin Yeo, Naiyanetr & Ng, 1999
- Demanietta khirikhan Yeo, Naiyanetr & Ng, 1999
- Demanietta lansak Yeo, Naiyanetr & Ng, 1999
- Demanietta nakhons Yeo, Naiyanetr & Ng, 1999
- Demanietta suanphung Yeo, Naiyanetr & Ng, 1999
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| Demanietta renongensis | |
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| Genus: | Demanietta Bott, 1966 [1]
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| Potamon (Potamon) manii (Rathbun, 1904)
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Thaiphusa sirikit was originally describes as Demanietta sirikit
References
edit- ^ a b Darren C. J. Yeo , P. Naiyanetr and Peter K. L. Ng (1999). "Revision of the Waterfall Crabs of the Genus Demanietta (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 19 (3): 530–555. doi:10.2307/1549261. JSTOR 1549261.
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