Gillikin, David Paul and Schubart, Christoph D. (2004) Ecology and systematics of mangrove crabs of the genus Perisesarma (Crustacea : Brachyura : Sesarmidae) from East Africa. ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 141 (3). pp. 435-445. ISSN 0024-4082,
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East Africa has a reduced mangrove crab species richness when compared to Asian mangroves. To date, only one species of Perisesarma de Man, 1895 has been reported in East Africa, despite more than 30 years of mangrove research in this region. Based on morphology, colour, mtDNA and behaviour, we describe a new species of Perisesarma from Kenya, P. samawati sp. nov. Surprisingly, when comparing molecular data from other species within this genus, P. samawati sp. nov. and the sympatric P guttatum (A. Milne Edwards, 1869) are not sister species. Some aspects of the ecology of R guttatum and P. samawati sp. nov. are compared and the differences discussed. Additionally, we compare P. samawati sp. nov. with the ecological literature of a possible sister species R eumolpe de Man, 1895 from Malaysian mangroves. Our findings suggest that the new species is an ecologically important species in East African mangroves. (C) 2004 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2004, 141, 435-445.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | KENYAN MANGROVE; GRAPSIDAE; DECAPODA; MALAYSIA; OCYPODIDAE; FORESTS; COAST; BAY; 16S rRNA; Grapsoidea; Indian Ocean; Kenya; mangroves; morphology; mtDNA; new species; phylogeny; taxonomy |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie > Zoologie/Evolutionsbiologie (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinze) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jul 2021 10:20 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Jul 2021 10:20 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/37526 |
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