Somanniathelphusa lacuvita | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Gecarcinucidae |
Genus: | Somanniathelphusa |
Species: | S. lacuvita
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Binomial name | |
Somanniathelphusa lacuvita Ng, 1995
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Somanniathelphusa lacuvita is a species of crab that belongs to the family Gecarcinucidae.[1] The species was first found in Cambodia.[2] The crab is found in rice paddies.[3] When undercooked, it can transmit lung flukes to humans.[3]