Austrothelphusa
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Austrothelphusa is a genus of freshwater crab found in Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.
Crabs from this genus can construct burrows in clay soils, where they live during dry weather, sealing the mouth of the burrow with mud. The moisture in the air keeps them alive.
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- Austrothelphusa agassizi
- Austrothelphusa angustifrons
- Austrothelphusa raceki
- Austrothelphusa tigrina
- Austrothelphusa transversa
- Austrothelphusa valentula
- Austrothelphusa wasselli
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the freshwater crab is commonly found in claypans of freshwater rivers and dams and burrows in the mud when the water drys up. unlike other crabs there babies hatch into mini-crabs instead of larvae
