The Sesarmidae are a
family
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of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura (meaning "short tailed" in Greek language, Greek), which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen#Arthropoda, abdomen, usually hidden entirely under the Thorax (arthropo ...
s, previously included in the
Grapsidae
The Grapsidae are a family (biology), 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 Taxon, taxa may belong in other families. They are found al ...
by many authors. Several species, namely in ''
Geosesarma'', ''
Metopaulias'', and ''
Sesarma'', are true
terrestrial crabs. They do not need to return to the sea even for breeding.
Genera
The family contains these genera:
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Aratus
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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''
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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''
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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''
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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''
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Sesarma''
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Sesarmoides''
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Sesarmops''
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Stelgistra''
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Tiomanum''
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Trapezarma''
Selected species
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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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Orisarma dehaani'' – ''kurobenkeigani'' (Japanese)
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Parasesarma messa'' – maroon mangrove crab
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Parasesarma pictum'' – ''kakubenkeigani'' (Japanese)
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Tiomanium indicum'' – tioman crab
References
Decapod families
Grapsoidea
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