Austrothelphusa agassizi Austrothelphusa angustifrons Austrothelphusa raceki Austrothelphusa tigrina Austrothelphusa transversa Austrothelphusa valentula Austrothelphusa wasselli Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Classes Remipedia Cephalocarida Branchiopoda Ostracoda Maxillopoda Malacostraca The crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods (55,000 species), usually treated as a subphylum. ... Orders Not necessarily a complete list: Leptostraca Stomatopoda Bathynellacea Thermosbaenacea Mysidacea Cumacea Amphipoda Isopoda Tanaidacea Euphausiacea Amphionidacea Decapoda Peracarida The Malacostraca are the largest subgroup of crustaceans, and include most of the animals that non-experts recognise as crustaceans, including the decapods (such as crabs, mole crabs, lobsters and true... Suborders Dendrobranchiata Pleocyemata Caridea Stenopodidea Reptantia The decapods or Decapoda are a group of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups of crustaceans, such as crabs, lobsters and shrimp, but also some families that are less well known. ... Infraorders Caridea Stenopodidea Reptantia, divided into: Polychelida Achelata Glypheoidea Astacidea Thalassinidea Anomala Brachyura Pleocyemata is a sub-order of decapod crustaceans, erected by Martin Burkenroad in 1963. ... Sections Dromiacea Raninoida Heterotremata Thoracotremata The term crab is sometimes applied to several different groups of short (nose to tail) decapods with thick exoskeletons, but only members of the Brachyura are true crabs; other taxa, such as hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, king crabs, and horseshoe crabs are, despite superficial similarities...
Austrothelphusa is a genus of freshwater crab found in Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. Sections Dromiacea Raninoida Heterotremata Thoracotremata The term crab is often applied to several different groups of short (nose to tail) decapods with thick exoskeletons, but only members of the Brachyura are true crabs; other taxa, such as hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, king crabs, and horseshoe crabs are, despite superficial similarities...
Crabs from this genus can construct burrows in clay soils, where they live during dry weather, sealing the mouth of the burrow with mud the mositure in the air keeps them alive.
Greenaway, P. Water balance and urine production in the Australian arid-zone crab Holthuisana transversa.
Taylor, H.H. and Greenaway, P. The structure of the gills and lungs of the arid-zone crab Holthuisana (Austrothelphusa) transversa (Martens) (Sundathelphusidae: Brachyura) including observations on arterial vessels within the gills.
Gibbs, P.J. and Greenaway, P. Histological structure of the posterior salivary glands in the blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena maculosa Hoyle.