As a National Significance

Based on the International Conservation Union of Nature (IUCN), the Singapore freshwater crab is listed as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Named after Singapore, the Singapore freshwater crab is one of the special species described to be evolved in isolation in Singapore. Being listed as a top 100 critically endangered species on the International Union Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species, the Singapore freshwater crab can only be found in Singapore.

 

Therefore, this species is an icon of national significance and value. This is evident from growing research, as well as, its increasing appearances in media coverage, local biodiversity awareness events and on the nation’s postage stamps.

(Click here to view the 1992 Marine Life Series – Crabs. The third image from the left shows a postage stamp of the Singapore freshwater crab, scientifically named as Johora singaporensis.)