Perbrinckia Explained

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]

Notes and References

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