Ceylonthelphusa kotagama is a species of decapod in the family Gecarcinucidae.[2][1]
| Ceylonthelphusa kotagama | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Gecarcinucidae |
| Genus: | Ceylonthelphusa |
| Species: | C. kotagama
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceylonthelphusa kotagama (Bahir, 1998)
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The IUCN conservation status of Ceylonthelphusa kotagama is "CR", critically endangered. The species faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate future. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2008.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Bahir, M.M.; Ng Kee Lin, P.; Crandall, K.A.; Pethiyagoda, R.; Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Ceylonthelphusa kotagama". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T61697A12528840. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61697A12528840.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Ceylonthelphusa kotagama". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
Further reading
edit- Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116 (1): 96–157. ISSN 0006-324X.
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