The Sesarmidae are a
family
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of
crabs, previously included in the
Grapsidae
The Grapsidae are a family of crabs known variously as marsh crabs, shore crabs, or talon crabs. The family has not been confirmed to form a monophyletic group and some taxa may belong in other families. They are found along the shore among rocks ...
by many authors. Several species, namely in ''
Geosesarma
''Geosesarma'' is genus of small freshwater or terrestrial crabs, typically less than across the carapace. They live and reproduce on land with the larval stages inside the egg. They are found from India, through Southeast Asia, to the Solomon ...
'', ''
Metopaulias'', and ''
Sesarma'', are true
terrestrial crab
A number of lineages of crabs have evolved to live predominantly on land. Examples of terrestrial crabs are found in the families Gecarcinidae and Gecarcinucidae, as well as in selected genera from other families, such as '' Sesarma'', alth ...
s. They do not need to return to the sea even for breeding.
Genera
The family contains these genera:
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Armases''
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Bresedium''
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Chiromantes''
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Clistocoeloma''
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Contusarma''
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Cristarma''
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Danarma''
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Episesarma''
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Fasciarma''
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Geosesarma
''Geosesarma'' is genus of small freshwater or terrestrial crabs, typically less than across the carapace. They live and reproduce on land with the larval stages inside the egg. They are found from India, through Southeast Asia, to the Solomon ...
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Guinearma''
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Haberma''
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Karstarma''
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Labuanium''
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Leptarma''
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Manarma''
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Metagrapsus''
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Metasesarma''
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Metopaulias''
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Miersarma''
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Migmarma''
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Muradium''
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Namlacium''
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Nanosesarma
''Nanosesarma'' is a genus of crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely ...
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Neosarmatium''
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Neosesarma''
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Orisarma''
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Parasesarma''
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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 ...
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Platychirarma''
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Pseudosesarma''
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Sarmatium''
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Scandarma''
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Selatium
Description
Selatium, or mangrove crabs, grow to around 2cm - 2.5cm in size, and have a distinct patterning on their dorsal side. Their legs and carapace display a striped pattern. The carapace itself is flat and square-shaped. It is wider than ...
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Sesarma''
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Sesarmoides''
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Sesarmops
''Sesarmops'' is a genus of crabs in the family Sesarmidae. Its members are distributed through the Indo–West-Pacific oceanic region. They live in freshwater forest streams near the coast, and in mangroves.
Taxonomy
''Sesarmops'' was define ...
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Stelgistra''
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Tiomanum''
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Trapezarma''
Selected species
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Chiromantes dehaani'' – ''kurobenkeigani'' (
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)
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Chiromantes eulimene'' – marsh crab (east coast of southern Africa)
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Chiromantes haematocheir'' – red-clawed crab; ''akategani'' (Japanese) ''dodukge'' (Korean)
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Parasesarma erythrodactyla'' – red-handed shore crab
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Parasesarma pictum'' – ''kakubenkeigani'' (Japanese)
References
Grapsoidea
Decapod families
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