Clinothelphusa
Sign in to saveClinothelphusa kakoota is a species of crab in the family Gecarcinucidae, which is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss, and is listed as a critically endangered species on the IUCN Red List. It is known from a single site with an area of less than . Its nearest relatives are another Sri Lankan endemic genus of crabs, Ceylonthelphusa.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Clinothelphusa is referenced by 6 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, Sri Lanka and river.
Vinony files it under Crustaceans of Sri Lanka, Freshwater crustaceans of Asia and Gecarcinucidae.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyGecarcinucidae
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- Parent taxon
- Parathelphusidae
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- taxon name
- Clinothelphusa
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Clinothelphusa kakoota is a species of crab in the family Gecarcinucidae, which is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss, and is listed as a critically endangered species on the IUCN Red List. It is known from a single site with an area of less than . Its nearest relatives are another Sri Lankan endemic genus of crabs, Ceylonthelphusa.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clinothelphusa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.