Tags: Crustacean.
Parathelphusidae is a family of freshwater crabs mainly in Southeast Asia. Their closest living relatives are the Gecarcinucidae.The Parathelphusidae inhabit rivers lakes and rice paddies. Some species for example from the genus Somanniathelphusa are locally important as food particularly in Thailand where they are an important ingredient in som tam. Some others are very rare and close to extinction.Genera in this family are:
