Sesarmidae

Sesarmidae
Red mangrove crab (Neosarmatium meinerti)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Superfamily:	Grapsoidea
Family:	Sesarmidae Dana, 1851

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]

Genera

The family contains these genera: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

• Aratus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
• Armases Abele, 1992
• Bresedium Serène & Soh, 1970
• Chiromantes Gistel, 1848
• Clistocoeloma H. Milne-Edwards, 1873
• Contusarma Schubart & Ng, 2020
• Cristarma Schubart & Ng, 2020
• Danarma Schubart & Ng, 2020
• Episesarma de Man, 1895
• Fasciarma Shahdadi & Schubart, 2017
• Geosesarma de Man, 1892
• Guinearma Shahdadi & Schubart, 2017
• Haberma Ng & Schubart, 2002
• Karstarma Davie & Ng, 2007
• Labuanium Serène & Soh, 1970
• Leptarma Shahdadi, Fratini & Schubart, 2020
• Manarma Schubart & Ng, 2020
• Metagrapsus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
• Metasesarma H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
• Metopaulias Rathbun, 1896
• Miersarma Schubart & Ng, 2020
• Migmarma Schubart & Ng, 2020
• Muradium Serène & Soh, 1970
• Namlacium Serène & Soh, 1970
• Nanosesarma Tweedie, 1950
• Neosarmatium Serène & Soh, 1970
• Neosesarma Serène & Soh, 1970
• Orisarma Schubart & Ng, 2020
• Parasesarma de Man, 1895
• Perisesarma de Man, 1895
• Platychirarma Schubart & Ng, 2020
• Pseudosesarma Serène & Soh, 1970
• Sarmatium Dana, 1851
• Scandarma Schubart, Liu & Cuesta, 2003
• Selatium Serène & Soh, 1970
• Sesarma Say, 1817
• Sesarmoides Serène & Soh, 1970
• Sesarmops Serène & Soh, 1970
• Stelgistra Ng & Liu, 1999
• Tiomanum Serène & Soh, 1970
• Trapezarma Schubart & Ng, 2020

Selected species

• Chiromantes eulimene – marsh crab (east coast of southern Africa)
• Chiromantes haematocheir – red-clawed crab; akategani (Japanese) dodukge (Korean)
• Parasesarma erythrodactyla – red-handed shore crab
• Orisarma dehaani – kurobenkeigani (Japanese)
• Parasesarma messa – maroon mangrove crab
• Parasesarma pictum – kakubenkeigani (Japanese)
• Tiomanium indicum – tioman crab

References

1. 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.
2. Ng, P. K. L.; Guinot, D. & Davie, P. J. F. (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement . 17: 1–286. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
3. Schubart, C.B.; Ng, P.K.L. (2020). "Revision of the intertidal and semiterrestrial crab genera Chiromantes Gistel, 1848, and Pseudosesarma Serène & Soh, 1970 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae), using morphology and molecular phylogenetics, with the establishment of nine new genera and two new species" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 68 (452): 891–994. doi: 10.26107/RBZ-2020-0097 . Retrieved 26 May 2021.
4. Shahdadi A, Fratini S, Schubart CD (2020). "Taxonomic reassessment of Parasesarma (Crustacea: Brachyura: Decapoda: Sesarmidae) based on genetic and morphological comparisons, with the description of a new genus". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 190 (4): 1123–1158. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa025. hdl: 2158/1191089 .
5. Shahdadi A, Schubart CD (2017). "Taxonomic review of Perisesarma (Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) and closely related genera based on morphology and molecular phylogenetics: new classification, two new genera and the questionable phylogenetic value of the epibranchial tooth". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 182 (3): 517–548. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx032.