| Clinothelphusa | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Gecarcinucidae |
| Genus: | Clinothelphusa Tay & Ng, 2001 |
| Species: | C. kakoota |
| Binomial name | |
| Clinothelphusa kakoota Tay & Ng, 2001 | |
Clinothelphusa kakoota is a species of crab in the family Gecarcinucidae, which is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss, and is listed as a critically endangered species on the IUCN Red List. It is known from a single site with an area of less than 100 km (39 sq mi). Its nearest relatives are another Sri Lankan endemic genus of crabs, Ceylonthelphusa.
References
- ^ Bahir, M.M.; Ng Kee Lin, P.; Crandall, K.A.; Pethiyagoda, R.; Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Clinothelphusa kakoota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T61706A12538395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61706A12538395.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- Mohomed M. Bahir; Rohan Pethiyagoda (2006). "Conservation of Sri Lankan freshwater crabs". In Channa N. B. Bambaradeniya (ed.). The fauna of Sri Lanka: status of taxonomy, research, and conservation. IUCN. pp. 77–83. ISBN 978-955-8177-51-8.
- Natalie Beenaerts; Rohan Pethiyagoda; Peter K. L. Ng; Darren C. J. Yeo; Geert Jan Bex; Mohomed M. Bahir; Tom Artois (2010). "Phylogenetic diversity of Sri Lankan freshwater crabs and its implications for conservation". Molecular Ecology. 19: 183–196. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04439.x. PMID 19943890. S2CID 20968976.
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| Clinothelphusa | |
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