Neosarmatium smithi

Neosarmatium smithi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Sesarmidae
Genus:	Neosarmatium
Species:	N. smithi
Binomial name
Neosarmatium smithi (Tweedie, 1940)
Synonyms
Sesarma smithiH. Milne Edwards, 1853 [1]

Neosarmatium smithi, is a swimming crab species in the genus Neosarmatium . Distributed all over marine and brackish waters of Indo-West Pacific regions.

Distribution

A mangrove inhabitant, it is found all over South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Japan, China, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia. ^[2]

References

1. "Neosarmatium smithi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853)". World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Retrieved 1 November 2016.
2. "Neosarmatium smithi". Crabs of Japan. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

External links

• Diversity of mangrove crabs in Kadolkele, Negombo eatuary, Sri Lanka
• Consumption of mangrove litter by the crabs Sesarma messa and Sesarma smithii in north eastern Australia
• Feeding ecology of mangrove crabs in North Eastern Australia: mangrove litter consumption by Sesarma messa and Sesarma smithii
• Competition and interaction between Neosarmatium smithi (Crustacea: Grapsidae) and Terebralia palustris (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in a Kenyan mangrove
• Neosarmatium smithi - Biological Information System for Marine Life