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Perbrinckia
Perbrinckia is a genus of freshwater crabs of the family Gecarcinucidae that is endemic to Sri Lanka, named after Per Brinck. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and rivers. It contains 14 species, most of which are included on the IUCN Red List as critically endangered species (CR) or vulnerable species (VU) because they are threatened by habitat loss; only one species is of least concern (LC).
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Sri Lanka Tree-climbing Crab
speciesPerbrinckia scansor
Perbrinckia glabra
speciesPerbrinckia glabra
Perbrinckia punctata
speciesPerbrinckia punctata
Perbrinckia rosae
speciesPerbrinckia rosae
Perbrinckia gabadagei
speciesPerbrinckia gabadagei
Perbrinckia cracens
speciesPerbrinckia cracens
Perbrinckia enodis
speciesPerbrinckia enodis
Perbrinckia fenestra
speciesPerbrinckia fenestra
Perbrinckia fido
speciesPerbrinckia fido
Perbrinckia integra
speciesPerbrinckia integra
Perbrinckia morayensis
speciesPerbrinckia morayensis
Perbrinckia quadratus
speciesPerbrinckia quadratus
Perbrinckia scitula
speciesPerbrinckia scitula
Perbrinckia uva
speciesPerbrinckia uva
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 90916.