Ceylonthelphusa orthos

Ceylonthelphusa orthos
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Gecarcinucidae
Genus:	Ceylonthelphusa
Species:	C. orthos
Binomial name
Ceylonthelphusa orthos Ng & Tay, 2001

Ceylonthelphusa orthos is a species of crab in the family Gecarcinucidae. ^{[2] [1]}

The IUCN conservation status of Ceylonthelphusa orthos 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

1. Bahir, M.M.; Ng Kee Lin, P.; Crandall, K.A.; Pethiyagoda, R.; Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Ceylonthelphusa orthos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T61699A12529688. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61699A12529688.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "Ceylonthelphusa orthos". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23.

Further reading

• 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.