Pilarta

Pilarta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Gecarcinucidae
Genus:	Pilarta ; Bahir & Yeo, 2007
Type species
	Pilarta anuka; Bahir & Yeo, 2007

Last updated August 27, 2025

Pilarta is a genus of freshwater crabs that are endemic to the southern Western Ghats in India.^[1]^{[ predatory publisher ]}

Species

There are four species recognised in the genus Pilarta:^[2]

Pilarta anuka Bahir & Yeo, 2007
Pilarta aroma Pati, Rajesh, Raj, Sheeja, Kumar & Sureshan, 2017
Pilarta punctatissima Pati, Rajesh, Raj, Sheeja, Kumar & Sureshan, 2017
Pilarta vaman Raj, Kumar & Ng, 2025

References

↑ Pati, Sameer Kumar; Pradhan, Rabi Narayan (2020). "An Overview of the Freshwater Crabs (Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) of the Western Ghats, India". Oceanography & Fisheries Open Access Journal. 12 (3) 555836. Juniper Publishers. doi: 10.19080/OFOAJ.2020.12.555836 .
↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Out of scope". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-08-25.

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[1] Pati, Sameer Kumar; Pradhan, Rabi Narayan (2020). "An Overview of the Freshwater Crabs (Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) of the Western Ghats, India". Oceanography & Fisheries Open Access Journal. 12 (3) 555836. Juniper Publishers. doi: 10.19080/OFOAJ.2020.12.555836 .

[2] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Out of scope". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-08-25.

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