Geosesarma malayanum

Taxobox
name = "Geosesarma malayanum"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
infraordo = Brachyura
familia = Grapsidae
genus = "Geosesarma"
species = "G. malayanum"
binomial = "Geosesarma malayanum"
binomial_authority = Ng & Lim, 1986

"Geosesarma malayanum" is a species of small red crab which is found in Malaysia. It is famous for its relationship with pitcher plants: as such, it is classified as a nepenthephile. [Ng, P.K.L. & R.P. Lim 1987. The taxonomy and biology of the nepenthiphilous freshwater sesarmine crab, "Geosesarma malayanum" Ng & Lim, 1986 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Grapsidae) from Peninsular Malaysia. "Malayan Nature Journal" 41: 393–402.] "G. malayanum" is known to visit "Nepenthes ampullaria" plants and raid the pitchers of their contents. It uses its claws to crush and consume the drowned prey. However, it has been reported that the crabs are occasionally trapped by pitchers in Brunei.

References

*Cite book|author=Clarke, C. |year=1997 |title= Nepenthes of Borneo |publisher=Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu |pages=51-52