Demanietta

Demanietta
Demanietta renongensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Potamidae
Genus:
Bott, 1966 [1]
Type species
Potamon (Potamon) manii
(Rathbun, 1904)

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

Thaiphusa sirikit was originally describes as Demanietta sirikit

References

  1. ^ 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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