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Taxonomic Details for Sesarma reticulatum
Systematic Resumé: |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Subkingdom | Bilateria |
Infrakingdom | Protostomia |
Superphylum | Ecdysozoa |
Phylum | Arthropoda |
Subphylum | Crustacea |
Class | Malacostraca |
Subclass | Eumalacostraca |
Superorder | Eucarida |
Order | Decapoda |
Suborder | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder | Brachyura |
Superfamily | Grapsoidea |
Family | Sesarmidae |
Genus | Sesarma |
Species | Sesarma reticulatum |
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Common Name: |
heavy marsh crab, purple marsh crab |
Authority: |
(Say, 1817) |
ITIS TSN: |
99039 (click on the taxonomic serial number to view the ITIS web page) |
Habitats: |
Salinity Zone: Brackish water, Salinity Zone: Fresh water, Salinity Zone: Marine |
GCE Contact: |
Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
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GCE Data Sets: |
INV-GCEM-2309 (Fall 2022 crab population monitoring: mid-marsh and creek bank abundance based on crab hole counts at GCE marsh, monitoring sites 1-10)
INV-GCEM-2209 (Fall 2021 crab population monitoring: mid-marsh and creek bank abundance based on crab hole counts at GCE marsh, monitoring sites 1-10)
INV-GCEM-2109 (Fall 2020 crab population monitoring: mid-marsh and creek bank abundance based on crab hole counts at GCE marsh, monitoring sites 1-10)
MSH-GCED-2008 (Disturbance and recovery at three headward-eroding creeks on Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA.)
INV-GCEM-2009 (Fall 2019 crab population monitoring: mid-marsh and creek bank abundance based on crab hole counts at GCE marsh, monitoring sites 1-10)
(view all 28 relevant data sets in the GCE Data Catalog) |

Sesarma reticulatum. Photo by Jim Sheehan.
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