Spiralothelphusa

Spiralothelphusa is a genus of freshwater crabs in the family Gecarcinucidae. It contains these species,[1] all of which are included on the IUCN Red List:

Spiralothelphusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Gecarcinucidae
Genus:
Spiralothelphusa

Bott, 1968
Type species
Cancer hydrodromus Herbst, 1794

Species
SpeciesAuthorityYearDistributionIUCN status
S. fernandoiNg1994 Sri Lanka[2]
S. hydrodroma(Herbst)1794 India[3]
S. parvula(Fernando)1961 Sri Lanka[4]
S. wuellerstorfi(Heller)1862 India[5]

(LC: least concern; EN: endangered; DD: data deficient)

References
  1. Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
  2. M. M. Bahir; P. K. L. Ng; K. Crandall; R. Pethiyagoda & N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Spiralothelphusa fernandoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2010.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Spiralothelphusa hydrodroma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2010.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. M. M. Bahir; P. K. L. Ng; K. Crandall; R. Pethiyagoda & N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Spiralothelphusa parvula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2010.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  5. L. Esser & N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Oziothelphusa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2010.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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