Ceylonthelphusa kotagama

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Ceylonthelphusa kotagama
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Gecarcinucidae
Genus: Ceylonthelphusa
Species:
C. kotagama
Binomial name
Ceylonthelphusa kotagama
(Bahir, 1998)

Ceylonthelphusa kotagama is a species of decapod in the family Gecarcinucidae. [2] [1]

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. "Ceylonthelphusa kotagama". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23.

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