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Mangrove Tree Crab
Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Crabs

Mangrove Tree Crab

Aratus pisonii (H.Milne Edwards, 1837)

Names

EnglishMangrove Tree Crab
Dutch—
SpanishCangrejo de mangle
Chinese红树林树蟹
Sranan Tongokrabu (general name for the group)
Scientific nameAratus pisonii (H.Milne Edwards, 1837)

About this species

Aratus pisonii, commonly known as the mangrove tree crab, is a species of crab which lives in mangrove trees in tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas, from Florida to Brazil on the Atlantic coast. A related species, A. pacificus, occurs from Nicaragua to Peru on the Pacific coast. A. pisoni feeds mostly on the leaves of the mangroves, but is an omnivore, and prefers animal matter when possible. A. pisonii and A. pacificus are the two species in the genus Aratus. The specific epithet pisonii commemorates the Dutch naturalist Willem Piso who travelled in Brazil in 1638 with Georg Marggraf.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda
FamilySesarmidae
GenusAratus

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