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Fifty-one species of Freshwater Crabs belonging to seven genera have been described so far in Sri Lanka of which 50 are endemic to the country. Five of the genera are endemic to the country. This degree of endemicty is not found among any other group of animals.

References

1.THE RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY 2005 Supplement No. 12: 77 120
© National University of Singapore
A REVISION OF THE GENUS OZIOTELPHUSA MILLER, 1887
(CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: PARATHELPHUSIDAE),
WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF EIGHT NEW SPECIES
Mohomed M. Bahir & Darren C. J. Yeo

2. Articles & Papers written on Freshwater crabs by Mr. Momomed.M. Bahir