Sesarmidae

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Sesarmidae
Red mangrove crab (Neosarmatium meinerti).jpg
Red mangrove crab (Neosarmatium meinerti)
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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]

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Genera

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

Selected species

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: 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.