Sesarmidae
The Sesarmidae are a family of crabs, previously included in the Grapsidae by many authors. Several species, namely in Geosesarma, Metopaulias, and Sesarma, are true terrestrial crabs. They do not need to return to the sea even for breeding.[1]
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| Red mangrove crab Neosarmatium meinerti | |
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| Family: | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 |
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Genera
The family contains these genera:[2]
- Aratus
- Armases
- Bresedium
- Chiromantes
- Clistocoeloma
- Episesarma
- Geosesarma
- Haberma
- Karstarma
- Labuanium
- Metagrapsus
- Metasesarma
- Metopaulias
- Muradium
- Namlacium
- Nanosesarma
- Neosarmatium
- Neosesarma
- Parasesarma
- Perisesarma
- Pseudosesarma
- Sarmatium
- Scandarma
- Selatium
- Sesarma
- Sesarmoides
- Sesarmops
- Stelgistra
- Tiomanum
The genera Chiromantes, Parasesarma, Pseudosesarma, and Sesarmops are apparently not monophyletic. Scandarma may be a junior synonym of some other genus.[1][3]
Selected species
- Chiromantes dehaani – kurobenkeigani (Japanese)
- Chiromantes eulimene – marsh crab (east coast of southern Africa)
- Chiromantes haematocheir – red-clawed crab; akategani (Japanese) dodukge (Korean)
- Parasesarma erythrodactyla – red-handed shore crab
- Parasesarma pictum – kakubenkeigani (Japanese)
References
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- Christoph D. Schubart, Hung-Chand Liu & José A. Cuesta (2003). "A new genus and species of tree-climbing crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from Taiwan with notes on its ecology and larval morphology" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 51 (1): 49–59.
- 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.
- Christoph D. Schubart, S. Cannicci, M. Vannini & S. Fratini (2006). "Molecular phylogeny of grapsoid crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) and allies based on two mitochondrial genes and a proposal for refraining from current superfamily classification". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 44 (3): 193–199. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00354.x.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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