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Demanietta

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Demanietta
Demanietta renongensis
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Demanietta

Bott, 1966 [1]
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]

Thaiphusa sirikit was originally describes as Demanietta sirikit

References

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  1. ^ 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.