Trichodactyloidea
Trichodactylidae
Family of crabs
Trichodactylidae is a family of crabs, in its own superfamily, Trichodactyloidea. They are all freshwater animals from Central and South America,[2] including some offshore islands, such as Ilhabela, São Paulo.[3] Only one of the 50 species is known from the fossil record, Sylviocarcinus piriformis from the Miocene of Colombia.[4] The family contains 15 genera in two subfamilies:[5]
- Subfamily Dilocarcininae Pretzmann, 1978
- Bottiella Magalhães & Türkay, 1996
- Dilocarcinus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
- Forsteria Bott, 1969
- Fredilocarcinus Pretzmann, 1978
- Goyazana Bott, 1969
- Melocarcinus Magalhães & Türkay, 1996
- Moreirocarcinus Magalhães & Türkay, 1996
- Poppiana Bott, 1969
- Rotundovaldivia Pretzmann, 1968
- Sylviocarcinus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
- Valdivia White, 1847
- Zilchiopsis Bott, 1969
- Subfamily Trichodactylinae H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
- Avotrichodactylus Pretzmann, 1968
- Rodriguezia Bott, 1969
- Trichodactylus Latreille, 1829