Maroon Mangrove Crab

Parasesarma messa

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Sesarmidae

Parasesarma messa, commonly known as the maroon mangrove crab, is a species of burrowing crab found in Queensland, Australia. It lives in mangroves in estuaries and sheltered bays. It was originally described as Sesarma messa, but was placed in the genus Parasesarma in 2017.

Distribution

Maroon Mangrove Crab — (c) Andrew Allen, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Andrew Allen · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 2

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Andrew Allen, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Andrew Allen · CC-BY DescriptionParasesarma messa, Wikipedia contributors

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