Perisesarma Foresti

''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 — 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'' 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'' Bürger, 1893

References

Sesarmidae
Taxa named by Johannes Govertus de Man

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