Demanietta

Demanietta
	Demanietta renongensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Potamidae
Genus:	Demanietta; Bott, 1966
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[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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[Darren-1] 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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