Neosarmatium smithi, is a mangrove-dwelling crab species in the genus Neosarmatium, distributed across mangroves of the Indo-West Pacific regions.
| Neosarmatium smithi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Sesarmidae |
| Genus: | Neosarmatium |
| Species: | N. smithi |
| Binomial name | |
| Neosarmatium smithi (Tweedie, 1940) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Distribution
editA mangrove inhabitant, it is found all over South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Japan, China, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia.[2]
References
edit- ↑ "Neosarmatium smithi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853)". World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ↑ "Neosarmatium smithi". Crabs of Japan. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
External links
edit- Diversity of mangrove crabs in Kadolkele, Negombo eatuary, Sri Lanka
- Consumption of mangrove litter by the crabs Sesarma messa and Sesarma smithii in north eastern Australia
- Feeding ecology of mangrove crabs in North Eastern Australia: mangrove litter consumption by Sesarma messa and Sesarma smithii
- Competition and interaction between Neosarmatium smithi (Crustacea: Grapsidae) and Terebralia palustris (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in a Kenyan mangrove
- Neosarmatium smithi - Biological Information System for Marine Life
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