Geosesarma malayanum: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Sesarmidae
- Genus
- Geosesarma
- Species
- Geosesarma malayanum
- Scientific Name
- Geosesarma malayanum
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Geosesarma malayanum
Geosesarma malayanum is a species of small red crab found in Malaysia. It is famous for its relationship with pitcher plants; as such, it is classified as a nepenthephile. G. malayanum is known to visit Nepenthes ampullaria plants and raid the pitchers of their contents. It uses its claws to crush and consume the drowned prey. However, the crabs are reportedly trapped by pitchers in Brunei occasionally.
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Sibling Taxa
- Geosesarma aedituens
- Geosesarma albomita
- Geosesarma ambawang
- Geosesarma amphinome
- Geosesarma araneum
- Geosesarma aurantium
- Geosesarma batak
- Geosesarma bau
- Geosesarma bicolor
- Geosesarma bintan
- Geosesarma cataracta
- Geosesarma celebense
- Geosesarma cikaniki
- Geosesarma clavicrure
- Geosesarma confertum
- Geosesarma danumense
- Geosesarma dennerle
- Geosesarma faustum
- Geosesarma foxi
- Geosesarma gordonae
- Geosesarma gracillimum
- Geosesarma hagen
- Geosesarma hednon
- Geosesarma ianthina
- Geosesarma insulare
- Geosesarma johnsoni
- Geosesarma katibas
- Geosesarma krathing
- Geosesarma lawrencei
- Geosesarma lebak
- Geosesarma leprosum
- Geosesarma maculatum
- Geosesarma malayanum
- Geosesarma nannophyes
- Geosesarma nemesis
- Geosesarma noduliferum
- Geosesarma notophorum
- Geosesarma ocypodum
- Geosesarma penangense
- Geosesarma peraccae
- Geosesarma pontianak
- Geosesarma protos
- Geosesarma pylaemenes
- Geosesarma raj
- Geosesarma rathbunae
- Geosesarma rouxi
- Geosesarma sabanum
- Geosesarma sarawakense
- Geosesarma scandens
- Geosesarma serenei
- Geosesarma solomonense
- Geosesarma spectrum
- Geosesarma starmuehlneri
- Geosesarma sumatraense
- Geosesarma sylvicola
- Geosesarma tagbanua
- Geosesarma ternatense
- Geosesarma teschi
- Geosesarma tiomanicum
- Geosesarma vicentense