Sesarma is a genus of terrestrial crabs endemic to the Americas.[1][2]
Many species within this genus live in mangroves. They have evolved to be fully terrestrial, which means they do not have to return to the sea even to spawn. Several species initially placed here are now placed in other genera of the Sesarmidae, and in some cases even elsewhere in the Grapsoidea.
Sesarma contains the following extant species:[3]
Sesarma is a genus of terrestrial crabs endemic to the Americas.
Many species within this genus live in mangroves. They have evolved to be fully terrestrial, which means they do not have to return to the sea even to spawn. Several species initially placed here are now placed in other genera of the Sesarmidae, and in some cases even elsewhere in the Grapsoidea.
Sesarma contains the following extant species:
Sesarma abeokuta Schubart & Santl, 2014 Sesarma aequatoriale Ortmann, 1894 Sesarma ayatum Reimer & Diesel, 1998 Sesarma bidentatum Benedict, 1892 Sesarma cookei Hartnoll, 1971 Sesarma crassipes Cano, 1889 Sesarma curacaoense De Man, 1892 Sesarma dolphinum Schubart & Diesel, 1998 Sesarma fossarum Reimer, Diesel & Türkay, 1997 Sesarma jarvisi Rathbun, 1913 Sesarma meridies Schubart & Koller, 2005 Sesarma rectum Randall, 1840 Sesarma reticulatum (Say, 1817) Sesarma rhizophorae Rathbun, 1906 Sesarma rubinofforum Abele, 1973 Sesarma sulcatum Smith, 1870 Sesarma verleyi Rathbun, 1914 Sesarma windsor Türkay & Diesel, 1994 Sesarma nr. reticulatum, undescribed species related to Sesarma reticulatum
