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Karstarma
Sign in to saveKarstarma is a genus of karst-dwelling crabs formerly included in Sesarmoides.
Species
Jackson's Crab
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilySesarmidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations9
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- Family
- Sesarmidae
- Collections
- WAM, QM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Guam, La Reunion
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sesarmidae
- Image
- Karstarma ultrapes (MNHN-IU-2008-11398) 003.jpeg
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- Ecology & biogeography
- Taxonomy
- References
Karstarma is a genus of karst-dwelling crabs formerly included in Sesarmoides.
==Description== Karstarma is distinguished from the closely related Sesarmoides by the lack of a stridulatory structure on the cheliped which is present in the latter genus.
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