Ceylonthelphusa venusta

Ceylonthelphusa venusta
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Gecarcinucidae
Genus:	Ceylonthelphusa
Species:	C. venusta
Binomial name
Ceylonthelphusa venusta (Ng, 1995)

Ceylonthelphusa venusta is a species of crab in the family Gecarcinucidae.[2][1]

The IUCN conservation status of Ceylonthelphusa venusta is "NT", near threatened. The species may be considered threatened in the near 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 venusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T61705A12538043. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61705A12538043.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. "Ceylonthelphusa venusta". 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.