Geosesarma

Geosesarma
Geosesarma aurantium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Sesarmidae
Genus: Geosesarma
De Man, 1892
Type species
Sesarma noduliferum [1]
de Man, 1892

Geosesarma is genus of small freshwater or terrestrial crabs, typically less than 10 millimetres (0.4 in) across the carapace.[2] They live and reproduce on land with the larval stages inside the egg. They are found from India,[3] through Southeast Asia, to the Solomon Islands and Hawaii.[2] Geosesarma contains the following species:[1]

  • Geosesarma aedituens Naruse & Jaafar, 2009
  • Geosesarma albomita Yeo & Ng, 1999
  • Geosesarma amphinome (De Man, 1899)
  • Geosesarma angustifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)
  • Geosesarma araneum (Nobili, 1899)
  • Geosesarma aurantium Ng, 1995
  • Geosesarma bau Ng & Jongkar, 2004
  • Geosesarma bicolor Ng & Davie, 1995
  • Geosesarma bintan T. M. Leong, 2014
  • Geosesarma cataracta Ng, 1986
  • Geosesarma celebense (Schenkel, 1902)
  • Geosesarma clavicrure (Schenkel, 1902)
  • Geosesarma confertum (Ortmann, 1894)
  • Geosesarma danumense Ng, 2003
  • Geosesarma dennerle (Ng, Schubart & Lukhaup, 2015)
  • Geosesarma foxi (Kemp, 1918)
  • Geosesarma gordonae ((Serène, 1968))
  • Geosesarma gracillimum ((De Man, 1902))
  • Geosesarma hagen (Ng, Schubart & Lukhaup, 2015)
  • Geosesarma hednon (Ng, Liu & Schubart, 2003)
  • Geosesarma ianthina Pretzmann, 1985
  • Geosesarma insulare Ng, 1986
  • Geosesarma johnsoni (Serène, 1968)
  • Geosesarma katibas Ng, 1995
  • Geosesarma krathing Ng & Naiyanetr, 1992
  • Geosesarma lawrencei Manuel-Santos & Yeo, 2007
  • Geosesarma leprosum (Schenkel, 1902)
  • Geosesarma maculatum (De Man, 1892)
  • Geosesarma malayanum Ng & Lim, 1986
  • Geosesarma nannophyes (De Man, 1885)
  • Geosesarma nemesis Ng, 1986
  • Geosesarma noduliferum (De Man, 1892)
  • Geosesarma notophorum Ng & C. G. S. Tan, 1995
  • Geosesarma ocypodum (Nobili, 1899)
  • Geosesarma penangense (Tweedie, 1940)
  • Geosesarma peraccae (Nobili, 1903)
  • Geosesarma protos Ng & Takeda, 1992
  • Geosesarma rathbunae (Serène, 1968)
  • Geosesarma rouxi (Serène, 1968)
  • Geosesarma sabanum Ng, 1992
  • Geosesarma sarawakense (Serène, 1968)
  • Geosesarma scandens Ng, 1986
  • Geosesarma serenei Ng, 1986
  • Geosesarma solomonense (Serène, 1968)
  • Geosesarma starmuhlneri Pretzmann, 1984
  • Geosesarma sumatraense Ng, 1986
  • Geosesarma sylvicola (De Man, 1892)
  • Geosesarma ternatense (Serène, 1968)
  • Geosesarma teschi Ng, 1986
  • Geosesarma thelxinoe (De Man, 1908)
  • Geosesarma tiomanicum Ng, 1986
  • Geosesarma vicentense (Rathbun, 1914)

Threats

Geosesarma dennerle and Geosesarma hagen, both originally from Java, are threatened by potential illegal over-collecting for the aquarium trade.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Peter Davie (2012). "Geosesarma de Man, 1892". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Richard G. Hartnoll (1998). "Evolution, systematics, and geographical distribution". In Warren W. Burggren & Brian R. McMahon. Biology of the Land Crabs. Cambridge University Press. pp. 6–54. ISBN 9780521306904.
  3. S. K. Pati, M. K. Dev Roy & R. M. Sharma. "Freshwater crabs" (PDF). Checklist of Indian fauna. Zoological Survey of India. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  4. Amri Mahbu (March 23, 2015). "New Species of Javan Vampire Crabs Face Potential Exploitation".

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