| Perbrinckia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Gecarcinucidae |
| Genus: | Perbrinckia Bott, 1969 |
| Type species | |
| Thelphusa enodis Kingsley, 1880
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Perbrinckia is a genus of freshwater crabs of the family Gecarcinucidae that is endemic to Sri Lanka,[1] named after Per Brinck. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and rivers. It contains 14 species,[2] most of which are included on the IUCN Red List as critically endangered species (CR) or vulnerable species (VU) because they are threatened by habitat loss; only one species is of least concern (LC).
- ^ Mohomed M. Bahir; Peter K. L. Ng; Keith Crandall & Rohan Pethiyagoda (2005). "A conservation assessment of the freshwater crabs of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 12: 121–126.
- ^ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.