The transition from marine to freshwater habitats is one of the major steps in the evolution of
life. In the decapod crustaceans, four groups have colonized fresh water at different …

Abstract The crab genus Perisesarma De Man, 1895 has been shown to be a polyphyletic
taxon comprising morphologically heterogeneous species. Some members of the genus …

Abstract The Sesarmidae (Decapoda; Brachyura: Thoracotremata) is the most speciose
family of crabs occurring in the mangroves of East Africa, accounting for 12 species …

Crustacean larvae have served as distinguished models in the field of Ecological
Developmental Biology (“EcoDevo”) for many decades, a discipline that examines how …

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is an extrachromosomal genome which can provide important
information for evolution and phylogenetic analysis. In this study, we assembled a complete …

Parasesarma is a species-rich genus whose representatives are common in wetlands and
mangroves of the Indo-Pacific. Morphologically, the genus is heterogeneous and has been …

Differences between sexes may arise either during development or at the adult stage only.
In both cases growth rate during development and level of allometry may influence sexual …

A colourful crab currently referred to as Parasesarma indiarum (Tweedie, 1940) is a
relatively common species in Southeast Asian mangroves and has been recorded from …

A new species of mangrove crab, Parasesarma austrawati, is described from northern
Australian mangroves. The new species is genetically distinct from all congeners, based on …

This study presents a rare sesarmid cavernicolous crab, Karstama boholano (Ng, 2002),
from Taiwan. This genus and species are both new to Taiwan. We describe the diagnostic …