Perbrinckia

Perbrinckia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Gecarcinucidae
Genus:	Perbrinckia Bott, 1969
Type species
Thelphusa enodis Kingsley, 1880

Perbrinckia is a genus of freshwater crabs of the family Gecarcinucidae that is endemic to Sri Lanka, ^[1] named after Per Brinck. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and rivers. It contains 14 species, ^[2] 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).

Species

• Perbrinckia cracens Ng, 1995 ^[3]
• Perbrinckia enodis (Kinglsey, 1880) ^[4]
• Perbrinckia fenestra Bahir & Ng, 2005 ^[5]
• Perbrinckia fido Ng, 1995 ^[6]
• Perbrinckia gabadagei Bahir & Ng, 2005 ^[7]
• Perbrinckia glabra Ng, 1995 ^[8]
• Perbrinckia integra Ng, 1995 ^[9]
• Perbrinckia morayensis Ng & Tay, 2001 ^[10]
• Perbrinckia punctata Ng, 1995 ^[11]
• Perbrinckia quadratus Ng & Tay, 2001 ^[12]
• Perbrinckia rosae Bahir & Ng, 2005 ^[13]
• Perbrinckia scansor (Ng, 1995) ^[14]
• Perbrinckia scitula Ng, 1995 ^[15]
• Perbrinckia uva Bahir, 1998 ^[16]

References

1. Mohomed M. Bahir; Peter K. L. Ng; Keith Crandall & Rohan Pethiyagoda (2005). "A conservation assessment of the freshwater crabs of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . Suppl. 12: 121–126.
2. Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . 17: 1–286.
3. Bahir, M.M.; Ng, P.K.L.; Crandall, K.A.; Pethiyagoda, R. & Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Perbrinckia cracens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T61723A12545915. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61723A12545915.en .
4. Bahir, M.M.; Ng, P.K.L.; Crandall, K.A.; Pethiyagoda, R. & Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Perbrinckia enodis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T61722A12545551. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61722A12545551.en .
5. Esser, L.J. & Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Perbrinckia fenestra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T61724A12546389. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61724A12546389.en .
6. Bahir, M.M.; Ng, P.K.L.; Crandall, K.A.; Pethiyagoda, R. & Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Perbrinckia fido". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T61725A12546789. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61725A12546789.en .
7. Esser, L.J. & Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Perbrinckia gabadagei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T61726A12547200. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61726A12547200.en .
8. Esser, L.J. & Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Perbrinckia glabra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T61727A12547571. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61727A12547571.en .
9. Esser, L.J. & Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Perbrinckia integra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T61728A12547944. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61728A12547944.en .
10. Bahir, M.M.; Ng, P.K.L.; Crandall, K.A.; Pethiyagoda, R. & Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Perbrinckia morayensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T61729A12548303. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61729A12548303.en .
11. Bahir, M.M.; Ng, P.K.L.; Crandall, K.A.; Pethiyagoda, R. & Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Perbrinckia punctata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T61731A12549259. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61731A12549259.en .
12. Bahir, M.M.; Ng, P.K.L.; Crandall, K.A.; Pethiyagoda, R. & Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Perbrinckia quadratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T61732A12549692. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61732A12549692.en .
13. Bahir, M.M.; Ng, P.K.L.; Crandall, K.A.; Pethiyagoda, R. & Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Perbrinckia rosae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T61733A12550071. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61733A12550071.en .
14. Bahir, M.M.; Ng, P.K.L.; Crandall, K.A.; Pethiyagoda, R. & Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Perbrinckia scansor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T61734A12550361. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61734A12550361.en .
15. Esser, L.J. & Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Perbrinckia scitula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T61735A12550648. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61735A12550648.en .
16. "Perbrinckia uva". Catalogue of Life. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.