Pilarta
| Pilarta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Gecarcinucidae |
| Genus: | Pilarta Bahir & Yeo, 2007 |
| Type species | |
| Pilarta anuka Bahir & Yeo, 2007
| |
Pilarta is a genus of freshwater crabs that are endemic to the southern Western Ghats in India.[1][predatory publisher]
Species
[edit]There are four species recognised in the genus Pilarta:[2]
- Pilarta anuka Bahir & Yeo, 2007
- Pilarta aroma Pati, Rajesh, Raj, Sheeja, Kumar & Sureshan, 2017
- Pilarta punctatissima Pati, Rajesh, Raj, Sheeja, Kumar & Sureshan, 2017
- Pilarta vaman Raj, Kumar & Ng, 2025
References
[edit]- ^ Pati, Sameer Kumar; Pradhan, Rabi Narayan (2020). "An Overview of the Freshwater Crabs (Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) of the Western Ghats, India". Oceanography & Fisheries Open Access Journal. 12 (3) 555836. Juniper Publishers. doi:10.19080/OFOAJ.2020.12.555836.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Out of scope". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-08-25.