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.

Species

There are four species recognised in the genus Pilarta:

  • 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