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Decapoda - Brachyura - Pseudothelphusidae - Kingsleya

Kingsleya latifrons (Randall, 1840)

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World Distribution
(Sasaki, 2019) - WA, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Roraima)

Environnement : Freshwater - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Land & Freshwater - Min-Max observed: 0-0 m

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Potamia latifrons Randall, 1840: 120, Suriname [It is supposed to have been brought from Suriname, or the West Indies].
Potamocarcinus latifrons – Young, 1900: 222, Guyana, French Guyana [Cayenne]. — Rathbun, 1904: 242, French Guiana [Guyane]. — Rathbun, 1905: 312, French Guiana. — Holthuis, 1959a: 219, Suriname [This species is probably the most common freshwater crab of Suriname. It has not been found in the coastal region, but only in the interior and in the anterior mountain range].
Kingsleya latifrons – Holthuis, 1993: 9, Suriname [Brokopondo Lake]. — Magalhães & Pereira, 2007: tab. 2, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana. — Vieira, 2008, tab. 5.1: 69, Brazil Amapá [Tumucumaque National Park between 2004 and 2006; also Kingsleya sp. 1, sp. 2, sp. 3]. — Magalhães et al. 2009: 41, French Guiana [INPA 389, Cayenne, Trois Sauts, 02º 15’ N, 52º 53’ W, upper rio Oyapoque, coll. Grenard 1985]. — Guinot et al., 2013: 294, Suriname [male 30.7 × 50.6 mm, female 50.5 × 90 mm, Suriname, Lawa River (MZUSP 1887)]. — Mantelatto et al., 2022a: tab. 1, Guyana [Guyana, Dadawana, Rio Rupununi, RMNH 41765].
Distribution/Habitat – Guiana Shield; Freshwater.

Comment(s) on data
Potamocarcinus (Kingsleya) latifrons (Randall, 1840) accepted as Kingsleya latifrons (Randall, 1840)

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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