Perisesarma

See text Perisesarma is a genus of mangrove crabs in the family Sesarmidae (or Grapsidae in some classifications) predominantly found in the Indo-Pacific.

Some 23 species are described as of late 2006, with two from West Africa: P. kammermani (De Man, 1883) and P. alberti Rathbun, 1921.

They are typically small, semiterrestrial crabs found on the forest floor at low tide.

The last species of the genus described is P. samawati Gillikin and Schubart (2004).

It can be found in East Africa along with P. guttatum, but its sister species is P. eumolpe from Malaysian mangroves.

Mangrove Crab Perisesarma sp.