''Paracleistostoma'' is a genus 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 in the family

Camptandriidae The Camptandriidae are a family of crabs, with 38 species in 21 genera: *'' Baruna'' Stebbing, 1904 *'' Calabarium'' Manning & Holthuis, 1981 *'' Camptandrium'' Stimpson, 1858 *'' Cleistostoma'' De Haan, 1833 *'' Deiratonotus'' Manning & Holthui ...

. It used to be a member of

Ocypodidae The Ocypodidae is a family of semiterrestrial crabs that includes ghost crabs and fiddler crabs. These crabs are found along tropical and temperate shorelines worldwide. Some genera previously classified within the Ocypodidae family have been r ...

, but the genus has since been reclassified. They are found in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

, the west coast of the

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and the

Hainan Hainan is an island provinces of China, province and the southernmost province of China. It consists of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration. The name literally mean ...

and

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

provinces in of

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. They are found in seawater and the mud area in brink water.

Species

References

Ocypodoidea Taxa named by Johannes Govertus de Man {{Ocypodoidea-stub