Geosesarma wongi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Grapsoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Geosesarma
Species: Geosesarma wongi

Name

Geosesarma wongiNg, 2026:282

Holotype: ZRC 2025.0023

Type locality: male (12.7 × 11.3 mm), forest near 16th milestone, Tapah Hill, east of Jor Main Dam, near Sungai Sekam, east of Highway 59 to Tapah, Batang Padang area, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia, 4.3491°N, 101.3481°E, ca. 550 m asl, coll. aboriginal collectors, July 2025.

References

Primary references

Ng, P.K.L. 2026. Geosesarma wongi sp. nov., a distinctive new species of semiterrestrial crab from Tapah Hills in Perak, Peninsular Malaysia; with notes on G. peraccae (Nobili, 1903) and G. cataracta Ng, 1986 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Sesarmidae). ZooKeys 1266: 281–298. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1266.172575 Reference page.