Chiromantes eulimene
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Chiromantes eulimene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Sesarmidae |
Genus: | Chiromantes |
Species: | C. eulimene |
Binomial name | |
Chiromantes eulimene (De Man in Weber, 1897)[1] | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Sesarma eulimene De Man, 1895 | |
Chiromantes eulimene is a species of crab found in the mangrove swamps of south-eastern Africa (South Africa and Mozambique).
Distribution
The range of C. eulimene extends from the Bashee to the Inhambane mangroves and includes the mangroves of KwaZulu-Natal where it occurs abundantly.[2] [3]
Description
Chiromantes eulimene has a light brown carapace with light orange-yellow chelae. They can be distinguished from the closely related Parasesarma catenatum by the absence of fur around the hinges of the chelae.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Peter Davie (2012). "Chiromantes eulimene". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 07, 2012.
- ↑ N. A. H. Millard & G.J. Broekhuysen (1970). "The ecology of South African estuaries Part X. St. Lucia: A second report". Zoologica Africana 5: 277–307.
- ↑ G. Branch, C. L. Griffiths, M. L. Branch & L. E. Beckley (2007). Two Oceans: A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers.
- ↑ J.H. Day (1981). "The estuarine fauna". Estuarine Ecology: with Particular, Reference to Southern Africa. A. A. Balkema.
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