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vampire crabs
Geosesarma
Geosesarma is genus of small freshwater or terrestrial crabs, typically less than 10 millimetres (0.4 in) across the carapace. They live and reproduce on land with the larval stages inside the egg. They are found from India, through Southeast Asia, to the Solomon Islands and Hawaii.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Penang Hill Vampire Crab
speciesGeosesarma faustum
Peracca's Land Crab
speciesGeosesarma peraccae
Geosesarma noduliferum
speciesGeosesarma noduliferum
Geosesarma danumense
speciesGeosesarma danumense
Geosesarma nemesis
speciesGeosesarma nemesis
Geosesarma sabanum
speciesGeosesarma sabanum
Geosesarma hednon
speciesGeosesarma hednon
Geosesarma aedituens
speciesGeosesarma aedituens
Geosesarma bau
speciesGeosesarma bau
Geosesarma spectrum
speciesGeosesarma spectrum
Purple Vampire Crab
speciesGeosesarma dennerle
Geosesarma red devil
speciesGeosesarma hagen
Geosesarma aurantium
speciesGeosesarma aurantium
Tangerine-head Crab
speciesGeosesarma krathing
Geosesarma tiomanicum
speciesGeosesarma tiomanicum
Penang island vampire crab
speciesGeosesarma penangense
Geosesarma scandens
speciesGeosesarma scandens
Rainbow Vampire Crab
speciesGeosesarma rouxi
Geosesarma batak
speciesGeosesarma batak
Geosesarma cikaniki
speciesGeosesarma cikaniki
Geosesarma serenei
speciesGeosesarma serenei
Geosesarma lebak
speciesGeosesarma lebak
Elf vampire crab
speciesGeosesarma bunian
Geosesarma confertum
speciesGeosesarma confertum
Geosesarma robustum
speciesGeosesarma robustum
Geosesarma rathbunae
speciesGeosesarma rathbunae
Geosesarma riani
speciesGeosesarma riani
Geosesarma katibas
speciesGeosesarma katibas
Geosesarma todaeng
speciesGeosesarma todaeng
Geosesarma ambawang
speciesGeosesarma ambawang
Geosesarma cataracta
speciesGeosesarma cataracta
Geosesarma gracillimum
speciesGeosesarma gracillimum
Geosesarma sarawakense
speciesGeosesarma sarawakense
Geosesarma nigripes
speciesGeosesarma nigripes
Geosesarma albomita
speciesGeosesarma albomita
Geosesarma amphinome
speciesGeosesarma amphinome
Geosesarma araneum
speciesGeosesarma araneum
Geosesarma bicolor
speciesGeosesarma bicolor
Geosesarma bintan
speciesGeosesarma bintan
Geosesarma celebense
speciesGeosesarma celebense
Geosesarma gordonae
speciesGeosesarma gordonae
Geosesarma ianthina
speciesGeosesarma ianthina
Geosesarma insulare
speciesGeosesarma insulare
Geosesarma johnsoni
speciesGeosesarma johnsoni
Geosesarma lawrencei
speciesGeosesarma lawrencei
Geosesarma leprosum
speciesGeosesarma leprosum
Geosesarma maculatum
speciesGeosesarma maculatum
Geosesarma nannophyes
speciesGeosesarma nannophyes
Geosesarma ocypodum
speciesGeosesarma ocypodum
White Mandarin Vampire Crab
speciesGeosesarma pontianak
Geosesarma protos
speciesGeosesarma protos
Geosesarma pylaemenes
speciesGeosesarma pylaemenes
Geosesarma solomonense
speciesGeosesarma solomonense
Geosesarma starmuehlneri
speciesGeosesarma starmuehlneri
Geosesarma sumatraense
speciesGeosesarma sumatraense
Geosesarma sylvicola
speciesGeosesarma sylvicola
Geosesarma tagbanua
speciesGeosesarma tagbanua
Geosesarma ternatense
speciesGeosesarma ternatense
Geosesarma teschi
speciesGeosesarma teschi
Geosesarma vicentense
speciesGeosesarma vicentense
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 484146.