Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Order Decapoda Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Infraorder Brachyura | |
Similar Neosarmatium, Decapoda, Neosarmatium meinerti, Episesarma versicolor, Perisesarma | ||
Neosarmatium smithi, is a swimming crab species in the genus Neosarmatium. Distributed all over marine and brackish waters of Indo-West Pacific regions.
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Distribution
A mangrove inhabitant, it is found all over South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Japan, China, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Australia.
Description
Carapace surface smooth and shining.
Ecology
The species is well distributed in mangrove regions, feeds on decaying mangrove leaves of Rhizophora mucronata predominantly.
References
Neosarmatium smithi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA