Face-band
sesarmine crab
Chiromantes eumolpe
Family Sesarmidae
updated
Mar 09
Where seen? This small crab a bright green
or blue band on the face and red claws are common in some of our mangroves.
Features: Body width 2-3cm. Body
flat and squarish, legs flat with pointed tips. Pincers deep red.
Irridescent blue or green band across the face.
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Pulau Semakau, Mar 09
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Links
References
- Ng, Peter
K. L. and Daniele Guinot and Peter J. F. Davie, 2008. Systema
Brachyurorum: Part 1. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran
crabs of the world. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement
No. 17, 31 Jan 2008. 286 pp. (Online
PDF on the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology website).
- Lim, S.,
P. Ng, L. Tan, & W. Y. Chin, 1994. Rhythm of the Sea: The Life
and Times of Labrador Beach. Division of Biology, School of
Science, Nanyang Technological University & Department of Zoology,
the National University of Singapore. 160 pp.
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