Brasiliothelphusa

Brasiliothelphusa tapajoensis is a species of freshwater crabs in the family Pseudothelphusidae, and the only species in the genus Brasiliothelphusa.^[2] It was described in 1986 from specimens caught in the Rio Tapajós in the state of Pará, Brazil.^[3] It is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.^[1]

Brasiliothelphusa
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Pseudothelphusidae
Genus:	Brasiliothelphusa
Species:	B. tapajoensis
Binomial name
Brasiliothelphusa tapajoensis Magalhães & Türkay, 1986
Synonyms
B. tapajoense Magalhães & Türkay, 1986