Neosarmatium africanum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Grapsoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Neosarmatium
Species: Neosarmatium africanum

Name

Neosarmatium africanum Ragionieri, Fratini & Schubart, 2012

Holotype: MZUF 678, male (42.83 × 38.33 mm).

Type locality: Jumbo River, Somalia.

Synonyms

• Sesarma tetragona Krauss, 1843: 44
• Sesarma africana (?) Bianconi, 1869: 341
• Sesarma tetragonum Stebbing, 1910: 321
• Sesarma meinerti De Man, 1887: 648, 668–669 (in part)
• Sesarma (Sesarma) meinerti Tesch, 1917: 171–174 (in part)
• Neosarmatium meinerti Davie, 1994: 35 (in part)

References

• Lapo Ragionieri, Sara Fratini & Christoph D. Schubart. 2012: Revision of the Neosarmatium meinerti species complex (Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae), with descriptions of three pseudocryptic Indo–West Pacific species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 60(1): 71–87. pdf.
• Ng, P.K.L., H.C. Liu & C.H. Wang, 1997: On the terrestrial crabs of the genus Neosarmatium (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsidae). Journal of Taiwan Museum, 49(2): 145–159.