Mahatha

Mahatha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Gecarcinucidae
Genus:	Mahatha; Ng & Tay, 2001
Type species
	Mahatha adonis Ng & Tay, 2001;
Species
	Mahatha adonis Ng & Tay, 2001; Mahatha helaya Bahir & Ng, 2005; Mahatha iora Ng & Tay, 2001; Mahatha lacuna Bahir & Ng, 2005; Mahatha ornatipes (Roux, 1915); Mahatha regina Bahir & Ng, 2005;

Mahatha is a genus of freshwater crabs endemic to Sri Lanka. Four of the six species are critically endangered due to habitat loss,^[1] and two are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

^ IUCN Sri Lanka & The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (2007). The 2007 Red List of Threatened Fauna and Flora of Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka. ISBN 978-955-8177-63-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)