Guinotia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Pseudothelphusidae |
Subfamily: | Guinotinae |
Genus: | Guinotia Pretzmann, 1965[2] |
Species: | G. dentata
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Binomial name | |
Guinotia dentata (Latreille, 1825)
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Synonyms[3][4] | |
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Guinotia is a monotypic genus of freshwater crabs in the family Pseudothelphusidae,[5] containing only the species Guinotia dentata,[4] commonly known as cyrique.[6] They have few predators.[7] Found in the West Indies, they are easily caught[6] and thus are used locally as a food source.[8]