Potamocarcinus, H. MILNE EDWARDS, 1853

Magalhães, Célio & Wehrtmann, Ingo S., 2025, Taxonomic revision and distribution of the freshwater crabs of the family Pseudothelphusidae (Decapoda, Brachyura) from Guatemala, with the descriptions of two new species and keys to the species of all genera, Zoosystema 47 (26), pp. 581-615 : 583

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a26

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:484420FE-9576-49AF-9049-0CAE5C6AC76E

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17432066

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/840F8790-F442-E019-FEDF-F93DFAA51CBD

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Plazi

scientific name

Potamocarcinus
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KEY TO GUATEMALAN SPECIES OF POTAMOCARCINUS H. MILNE EDWARDS, 1853 View in CoL

1. Carapace with anterolateral margin bearing large, acute teeth ( Fig. 1A, C); G1 with marginal process and mesodistal lobe of apex erected, not folded over apex cavity ( Fig. 1 G-I); cephalic process vestigial, reduced to two low protuberances ( Fig. 1I) .................................................................. Po. armatus H. Milne Edwards, 1853 View in CoL

1’. Carapace with anterolateral margin bearing minute, blunt teeth ( Fig. 2A); G1 with marginal process and mesodistal lobe of apex folded over apex cavity ( Fig. 2E, F); cephalic process bifid, with two distinct spiniform teeth ( Fig. 2F) ............................................................................................................ Po. magnus ( Rathbun, 1896) View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

InfraOrder

Brachyura

Family

Pseudothelphusidae

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