Chiromantes eulimene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Sesarmidae |
Genus: | Chiromantes |
Species: | C. eulimene
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Binomial name | |
Chiromantes eulimene | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Sesarma eulimene De Man, 1895 |
Chiromantes eulimene is a species of crab found in the mangrove swamps of south-eastern Africa ( South Africa and Mozambique).
The range of C. eulimene extends from the Bashee to the Inhambane mangroves and includes the mangroves of KwaZulu-Natal where it occurs abundantly. [2] [3]
Chiromantes eulimene has a light brown carapace with light orange-yellow chelae. They can be distinguished from the closely related Parasesarma catenatum by the absence of fur around the hinges of the chelae. [4]
Chiromantes eulimene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Sesarmidae |
Genus: | Chiromantes |
Species: | C. eulimene
|
Binomial name | |
Chiromantes eulimene | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Sesarma eulimene De Man, 1895 |
Chiromantes eulimene is a species of crab found in the mangrove swamps of south-eastern Africa ( South Africa and Mozambique).
The range of C. eulimene extends from the Bashee to the Inhambane mangroves and includes the mangroves of KwaZulu-Natal where it occurs abundantly. [2] [3]
Chiromantes eulimene has a light brown carapace with light orange-yellow chelae. They can be distinguished from the closely related Parasesarma catenatum by the absence of fur around the hinges of the chelae. [4]