Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
Not known, probably from under stones
and logs
in wet soil and from
shallow burrows in wet soil, adjacent
to small streams
(Bahir and
Yeo, in publication
).[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
()
- (Chernyshev, 1960)
- Superclass:
Crustacea
()
- Pennant, 1777
- Crustaceans
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
()
- Class:
Crustacea
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Crustaceans
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
()
- Grobben, 1892
- Superorder:
Eucarida
()
- Calman, 1904
- Order:
Decapoda
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Decapods
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
()
- Burkenroad, 1963
- Infraorder:
Brachyura
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Superfamily:
Gecarcinucoidea
()
- Rathbun, 1904
- Family:
Gecarcinucidae
()
- Rathbun, 1904
- Genus:
Vanni
()
- Specific name:
malabarica
- (Henderson, 1912)
- Scientific name: - Vanni malabarica (Henderson, 1912)
- Specific name:
malabarica
- (Henderson, 1912)
- Genus:
Vanni
(
- Family:
Gecarcinucidae
(
- Superfamily:
Gecarcinucoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Brachyura
(
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
(
- Order:
Decapoda
(
- Superorder:
Eucarida
(
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
(
- Class:
Crustacea
(
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
(
- Superclass:
Crustacea
(
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Bott (1970) included this species in the subfamily Liotelphusinae of the Gecarcinucidae. Henderson (1812) described Vanni malabarica [as a Paratelphusa (Liotelphusa)] based on specimens from the Cochin State Forests in Kerala.[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Vanni
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Further Reading
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- Bahir, M.M. and Yeo, D.C.J. 2007. The gecarcinucid freshwater crabs of southern India (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 16: i-iii: 309-354.
- Bott, R. 1970. Die Susswasserkrabben von Europa, Asien, Australien und ihre Stammesgeschichte. Eine Revision der Potamoidea und Parathelphusoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda). Abhandlungen der Senekenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft naturforsch. Ges. 526: 1-338.
Notes
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Contributors
- Cumberlidge, N. 2008. Vanni malabarica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- IUCN ID: 248325
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4756823
Footnotes
- Cumberlidge, N. 2008. Vanni malabarica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
