Perisesarma is a genus of mangrove crabs in the family Sesarmidae (or Grapsidae in some classifications) predominantly found in the Indo-Pacific. Some 23 species are described as of late 2006, with two from West Africa: P. kammermani (De Man, 1883) and P. alberti Rathbun, 1921. They are typically small, semiterrestrial crabs found on the forest floor at low tide. They eat nearly anything they can, and try to eat anything that does not threaten them — including pencils and other objects dropped on the forest floor. The last species of the genus described is P. samawati Gillikin and Schubart (2004). It can be found in East Africa along with P. guttatum, but its sister species is P. eumolpe from Malaysian mangroves.

Species

Perisesarma alberti Rathburn, 1921

Perisesarma bengalense Davie, 2003

Perisesarma bidens De Haan, 1835

Perisesarma brevicristatum Campbell, 1967

Perisesarma cricotus Rahayu and Davie, 2002

Perisesarma darwinensis Campbell, 1967

Perisesarma dussumieri H. Milne Edwar ds, 1953

Perisesarma eumolpe De Man, 1895

Perisesarma fasciatum Lanchester, 1900

Perisesarma foresti Rahayu and Davie, 2002

Perisesarma guttatum A. Milne Edwards, 1869

Perisesarma haswelli De Man, 1887

Perisesarma huzardi Desmarest, 1825

Perisesarma indiarum De Man, 1902

Perisesarma kammermani De Man, 1883

Perisesarma lanchesteri Tweedie, 1936

Perisesarma lividum A. Milne Edwards, 1869

Perisesarma longicristatum Campbell, 1967

Perisesarma maipoensis Soh, 1978

Perisesarma messa Campbell, 1967

Perisesarma onychophorum De Man, 1895

Perisesarma samawati Gillikin and Schubart, 2004

Perisesarma semperi Bürger, 1893

References

Grapsoidea

Taxa named by Johannes Govertus de Man

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