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Ceylonthelphusa callista

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Species of crab

Ceylonthelphusa callista
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Gecarcinucidae
Genus: Ceylonthelphusa
Species: C. callista
Binomial name
Ceylonthelphusa callista
(Ng, 1995)
Synonyms

Perbrinckia callista Ng, 1995

Ceylonthelphusa callista is a species of freshwater crabs in the family Gecarcinucidae. The species is endemic to Sri Lanka and is known from the Knuckles Mountain Range. It was found on wet boulders on the margins of a slow-flowing stream at an elevation of 915 m (3,000 ft) above sea level.

References

  1. ^ Bahir, M.M.; Ng, P.K.L.; Crandall, K.; Pethiyagoda, R. & Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Ceylonthelphusa callista". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T61692A12526946. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Ceylonthelphusa callista


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