Perbrinckia cavatrix

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gecarcinucoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Brachyura Sectio: Eubrachyura Subsectio: Heterotremata Superfamilia: Gecarcinucoidea

Familia: Parathelphusidae
Genus: Perbrinckia
Species: Perbrinckia cavatrix

Name

Perbrinckia cavatrix Bahir, 1998

Type locality: under moist stones and wet soil about 40 cm beneath ground level, at a small waterfall at Pathanegala near Puwakpitiya, Knuckles mountains, Sri Lanka, 07º33'N, 80º44'E, altitude 1100 m.

Holotype: ZRC. male ♂. 10.XI.1997. legit M.M. Bahir & S.T. Nanayakkara. ZRC 1998.800.

CURRENT STATUS Ceylonthelphusa cavatrix

References

• Bahir, M.M. 1998: Three new species of montane crabs of the genus Perbrinckia (Crustacea, Parathelphusidae) from the cen- tral mountains of Sri Lanka. Journal of South Asian Natural History 3(2): 197–212. Reference page.