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Ceylonthelphusa
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Ceylonthelphusa

Ceylonthelphusa is a genus of freshwater crabs endemic to Sri Lanka, where they live in moist lowland forests, swamps and rivers. Many of the species are on the IUCN Red List of threatened species, with the greatest risk factor being habitat loss. Ceylonthelphusa contains the following species:

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18 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sri Lanka Red Crab

speciesCeylonthelphusa sanguinea

Ceylonthelphusa rugosa

speciesCeylonthelphusa rugosa

Ceylonthelphusa durrelli

speciesCeylonthelphusa durrelli

Ceylonthelphusa savitriae

speciesCeylonthelphusa savitriae

Ceylonthelphusa callista

speciesCeylonthelphusa callista

Ceylonthelphusa cavatrix

speciesCeylonthelphusa cavatrix

Ceylonthelphusa diva

speciesCeylonthelphusa diva

Ceylonthelphusa kandambyi

speciesCeylonthelphusa kandambyi

Ceylonthelphusa alpina

speciesCeylonthelphusa alpina

Ceylonthelphusa armata

speciesCeylonthelphusa armata

Ceylonthelphusa kotagama

speciesCeylonthelphusa kotagama

Ceylonthelphusa nana

speciesCeylonthelphusa nana

Ceylonthelphusa nata

speciesCeylonthelphusa nata

Ceylonthelphusa orthos

speciesCeylonthelphusa orthos

Ceylonthelphusa sentosa

speciesCeylonthelphusa sentosa

Ceylonthelphusa soror

speciesCeylonthelphusa soror

Ceylonthelphusa venusta

speciesCeylonthelphusa venusta

Ceylonthelphusa austrina

speciesCeylonthelphusa austrina

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87326.