Aratus pacificus

Aratus pacificus

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Sesarmidae

Aratus is a neotropical genus of tree-climbing mangrove crabs in the serarmid family. The genus was first described by Henri Milne-Edwards in 1853, by separating A. pisonii (from genus Sesarma) into its own monotypic genus.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Aratus pacificus

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