Distribution notes on the Endangered freshwater crab Ceylonthelphusa armata Ng (1995) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) in Sri Lanka

Udagedera, U.S.C.; Gabadage, D.E.; Najim, M.M.M.

dc.contributor.author	Udagedera, U.S.C.
dc.contributor.author	Gabadage, D.E.
dc.contributor.author	Najim, M.M.M.
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-21T21:29:12Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-21T21:29:12Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.citation	Udagedera, U.S.C., Gabadage, D.E. & Najim, M.M.M. (2015). Distribution notes on the Endangered freshwater crab Ceylonthelphusa armata Ng (1995) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) in Sri Lanka. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 7(11)	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/23247
dc.description.abstract	There are 52 species of freshwater crabs in Sri Lanka and 51 of them are endemic. There are several species that are known only from a single locality. Ceylonthelphusa armata is such a species, and we have initiated a study to record the distribution of this species as its typical locality is heavily polluted at Kadugannawa. At present C. armata is known from six localities, and this information will be useful to facilitate the conservation of the species by assessing the Red List.	en_US
dc.publisher	Journal of Threatened Taxa	en_US
dc.subject	Conservation, endemic, invertebrates, pollution, threatened taxa	en_US
dc.title	Distribution notes on the Endangered freshwater crab Ceylonthelphusa armata Ng (1995) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) in Sri Lanka	en_US