Sesarmidae

Taxobox
name = Sesarmidae

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Chiromantes haematocheir"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
subclassis = Eumalacostraca
superordo = Eucarida
ordo = Decapoda
subordo = Pleocyemata
infraordo = Brachyura

superfamilia = Grapsoidea
familia = Sesarmidae
familia_authority = Dana, 1851
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = Many, including "Aratus"
"Armases"
"Bresedium"
"Chiromantes" (see text)
"Geosesarma"
"Labuanium"
"Metasesarma"
"Metopaulias"
"Nanosesarma"
"Neosarmatium"
"Parasesarma" (see text)
"Pseudosesarma" (see text)
"Scandarma" (see text)
"Sesarma"
"Sesarmops" (see text)

The sesarmid crabs (Sesarmidae) are a family of crabs. They were long included in the Grapsidae by many authors. The genera "Chiromantes", "Parasesarma", "Pseudosesarma" and "Sesarmops" are apparently not monophyletic. "Scandarma" may be a junior synonym of some other genus. [Schubart "et al." (2003, 2006)]

Several species - namely in "Geosesarma", "Metopaulias" and "Sesarma" - are true terrestrial crabs. They do not need to return to the sea even for breeding. [Schubart "et al." (2003)]

elected species

* "Aratus pisonii" – Mangrove tree crab
* "Armases miersii"
* "Bresedium philippinense"
* "Chiromantes dehaani"
* "Chiromantes haematocheir"
* "Geosesarma gordonae"
* "Geosesarma hednon" Ng, Liu & Schubart (2004)
* "Geosesarma johnsoni"
* "Geosesarma maculatuzm"
* "Geosesarma notophorum"
* "Geosesarma peraccae"
* "Geosesarma sylvicolum"
* "Geosesarma ternatense"
* "Neosarmatium rotundifrons"
* "Parasesarma erythrodactyla"
* "Parasesarma pictum"
* "Scandarma lintou" Schubart, Liu & Cuesta (2003)
* "Scandarma splendidum" Naruse & Ng (2007)
* "Sesarma benedicti" – Fatfinger marsh crab
* "Sesarma cinereum" – Squareback marsh crab
* "Sesarma curacaoense" – Mangrove marsh crab
* "Sesarma haematocheir" Verify source|date=January 2008
* "Sesarma miersii"
* "Sesarma rectum"
* "Sesarma mederi"
* "Sesarma reticulatum" – Heavy marsh crab
* "Sesarma ricordi" – Humic marsh crab
* "Sesarmops impressum"
* "Sesarmops intermedium"
* "Sesarmops weberi"

Footnotes

References

* (2003): A new genus and species of tree-climbing crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from Taiwan with notes on its ecology and larval morphology. "Raffles Bulletin of Zoology" 51(1): 49-59. [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/51/51rbz049-059.pdf PDF fulltext]
* (2006): Molecular phylogeny of grapsoid crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) and allies based on two mitochondrial genes and a proposal for refraining from current superfamily classification. "Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research" 44(3): 193–199. doi|10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00354.x (HTML abstract)