Geosesarma

Taxobox
name = "Geosesarma"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
subordo = Pleocyemata
infraordo = Brachyura
superfamilia = Grapsoidea
familia = Sesarmidae
genus = "Geosesarma"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Geosesarma angustifrons"
"Geosesarma gordonae"
"Geosesarma hednon"
"Geosesarma johnsoni"
"Geosesarma maculatuzm"
"Geosesarma malayanum"
"Geosesarma nemesis"
"Geosesarma notophorum"
"Geosesarma peraccae"
"Geosesarma starmuhlneri"
"Geosesarma sylvicolum"
"Geosesarma ternatense"

"Geosesarma" is genus of terrestrial crabs. They live and reproduce on land with its larval stage inside the egg. Some species such as the "Geosesarma nemesis" are insectivorous and are beneficial to humans. Some species are kept as pets. They were once considered part of the Grapsidae family but put in the Sesarmidae. Most species of this genus are brightly colored.

External links

* " [http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Geosesarma_Genus.asp Geosesarma Genus] "