Epilobocera sinuatifrons

Epilobocera sinuatifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Pseudothelphusidae
Genus: Epilobocera
Species: E. sinuatifrons
Binomial name
Epilobocera sinuatifrons
(A. Milne-Edwards, 1866)[2]
Synonyms

Boscia sinuatifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1866[2]

Epilobocera sinuatifrons (Spanish common name: Buruquena[3]) is a freshwater crab[4] of the Pseudothelphusidae family in the Decapoda order.[2] The species is common in the Toro Negro State Forest in central Puerto Rico.[3] It is one of the most abundant predatory freshwater decapods.[5] The species is widely distributed in streams of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.[6] It is endemic to the mainland of Puerto Rico.[1][7]

References

  1. 1 2 Epilobocera sinuatifrons. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Epilobocera sinuatifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1866); AphiaID: 443579. WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro. Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. [Publication/Issue: P-030] Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Physical and chemical factors affecting the upstream migration of amphidromous shrimp in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. D.A. Kikkert (Ecology Center, Utah State University, UMC 5205, Logan, UT 84322-5205), T.A. Crowl (Ecology Center, Utah State University, UMC 5205, Logan, UT 84322-5205), and A.P. Covich (Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2202). Society for Freshwater Science. 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Mayfly Predation by Juvenile Freshwater Crabs: Implications for Crab Habitat Selection. J. K. Henry, A. P. Covich, and T. S. Bowden (Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO); T. A. Crow (Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322). Society for Freshwater Science. NABStracts 2000 #446. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  6. ↑ On the Role of Omnivorous Freshwater Crabs in Neotropical Streams. A. P Covich. Society for Freshwater Science. NABStracts 2000 #7214. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  7. ↑ Phylogeography of an Island Endemic, the Puerto Rican Freshwater Crab (Epilobocera sinuatifrons). Benjamin Cook, Catherine M. Pringle, and Jane M. Huges. Journal of Heredity 2008:99(2):157–164. doi:10.1093/jhered/esm126. Advance Access publication February 4, 2008. The American Genetic Association. 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2013.

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