Family Sesarmidae (Dana, 1851) – Mangrovenkrabben / Mangrove Crabs
Type species: Sesarma bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1869, by present designation. Gender neuter.
Etymology: The name is derived from the combination of the Latin “contusus” for flattening surface, with the genus name Sesarma. This alludes to the flat chelae that the two included species use to help in burrowing. The gender is neuter.
Included species:
Sesarma bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1869
Sesarma cheirogona Targioni Tozzetti, 1877.
See: Schubart C.D. & P.K.L. Ng (2020): Revision of the intertidal and semiterrestrial crab genera Chiromantes Gistel, 1848, and Pseudosesarma Serène & Soh, 1970 Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae), using morphology and molecular phylogenetics, with the establishment of nine new genera and two new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68: 891-994.
Type species: Grapsus huzardi Desmarest, 1825, by present designation
Etymology: The name Guinearma is composed of two parts: Guinea is derived from the Gulf of Guinea, the main distribution area of the genus and -arma has become a typical ending for new genera in the family Sesarmidae, making reference to the type genus Sesarma. Gender neuter.
This genus includes three species as follows (the synonym (after =) and original combinations [in square brackets] are adopted from Ng et al., 2008):
• Guinearma alberti (Rathbun, 1921) comb. nov. [Sesarma (Chiromantes)]
• Guinearma huzardi (Desmarest, 1825) comb. nov. [Grapsus] = Sesarma africana H. Milne Edwards, 1837
• Guinearma kamermani (De Man, 1883) comb. nov. [Sesarma (Chiromantes]
Etymology: The name Leptarma is composed of the Greek λεπτός, leptos, thin, referring to the name of the type species epithet leptosoma, derived from λεπτόσωμα, thin body, which in turn refers to the slim walking legs of the comprised representatives, and the suffix -arma, derived from the last part of the genus Sesarma (in turn derived from the Greek σαιρω, the act of gaping; Say, 1817). The genus is gender neuter.
Family Sesarmidae (Dana, 1851) – Mangrovenkrabben / Mangrove Crabs
Type species: Sesarma moeschii De Man, 1892, by present designation. Gender neuter.
Etymology:…Etymology. The name is derived by combining the name of the carcinologist Johannes Govertus de Man (1850–1930) with the genus name Sesarma. This honours the substantial contributions he has made to our knowledge of sesarmid diversity in the Indo-West Pacific. The gender is neuter.
Included species:
Sesarma moeschii De Man, 1892
Sesarma johorensis Tweedie, 1940.
See: Schubart C.D. & P.K.L. Ng (2020): Revision of the intertidal and semiterrestrial crab genera Chiromantes Gistel, 1848, and Pseudosesarma Serène & Soh, 1970 Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae), using morphology and molecular phylogenetics, with the establishment of nine new genera and two new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68: 891-994.
Family Sesarmidae (Dana, 1851) – Mangrovenkrabben / Mangrove Crabs
Type species. Sesarma edwardsii De Man, 1887, by original designation. Gender neuter.
Included species:
Sesarma edwardsii De Man, 1887
Sesarma edwardsii var. crassimana De Man, 1887
Pseudosesarma anteactum Ng & Schubart, 2017
Pseudosesarma glabrum Ng, Rani & Nandan, 2017
Pseudosesarma brehieri Ng, 2018
Chiromantes boulengeri Calman, 1920.
See: Schubart C.D. & P.K.L. Ng (2020): Revision of the intertidal and semiterrestrial crab genera Chiromantes Gistel, 1848, and Pseudosesarma Serène & Soh, 1970 Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae), using morphology and molecular phylogenetics, with the establishment of nine new genera and two new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68: 891-994.