Aratus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Grapsoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Brachyura Sectio: Eubrachyura Subsectio: Thoracotremata Superfamilia: Grapsoidea

Familia: Sesarmidae
Genus: Aratus
Species (2): A. pacificus – A. pisonii

Aratus Milne Edwards, 1853: 187

Type species: Sesarma pisonii H. Milne Edwards, 1837 = Aratus pisonii (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (by monotypy)

Milne-Edwards, H. 1853. Mémoire sur la famille des Ocypodiens. Suite (1). Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie ser.3 t.19–20: 163–228; pls. 6–11. BHL Reference page.

Rebolledo, A.P., Wehrtmann, I.S. & Cuesta, J.A. 2015: Morphological and morphometric comparison of the first zoeal stage of the mangrove crabs of the genus Aratus H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Decapoda: Sesarmidae). Zootaxa 3949(2): 217–228. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3949.2.4. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Thiercelin, N. & Schubart, C.D. 2014. Transisthmian differentiation in the tree-climbing mangrove crab Aratus H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Sesarmidae), with description of a new species from the tropical eastern Pacific. Zootaxa 3793(5): 545–560. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.5.3 Reference page. Full text