Perisesarma

Perisesarma is a genus of mangrove crabs in the family Sesarmidae (or Grapsidae in some classifications) predominantly found in the Indo-Pacific. Some 23 species are described as of late 2006, with two from West Africa: P. kammermani (De Man, 1883) and P. alberti Rathbun, 1921. They are typically small, semiterrestrial crabs found on the forest floor at low tide. They eat nearly anything they can, and try to eat anything that does not threaten them Ã¢ÂÂ including pencils and other objects dropped on the forest floor. The last species of the genus described is P. samawati Gillikin and Schubart (2004). It can be found in East Africa along with P. guttatum, but its sister species is P. eumolpe from Malaysian mangroves.

Species

Perisesarma alberti Rathburn, 1921
Perisesarma bengalense Davie, 2003
Perisesarma bidens De Haan, 1835
Perisesarma brevicristatum Campbell, 1967
Perisesarma cricotus Rahayu and Davie, 2002
Perisesarma darwinensis Campbell, 1967
Perisesarma dussumieri H. Milne Edwar ds, 1953
Perisesarma eumolpe De Man, 1895
Perisesarma fasciatum Lanchester, 1900
Perisesarma foresti Rahayu and Davie, 2002
Perisesarma guttatum A. Milne Edwards, 1869
Perisesarma haswelli De Man, 1887
Perisesarma huzardi Desmarest, 1825
Perisesarma indiarum De Man, 1902
Perisesarma kammermani De Man, 1883
Perisesarma lanchesteri Tweedie, 1936
Perisesarma lividum A. Milne Edwards, 1869
Perisesarma longicristatum Campbell, 1967
Perisesarma maipoensis Soh, 1978
Perisesarma messa Campbell, 1967
Perisesarma onychophorum De Man, 1895
Perisesarma samawati Gillikin and Schubart, 2004
Perisesarma semperi BÃÂ¼rger, 1893

Perisesarma

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