Mottled Crab

Metasesarma obesum

"Metasesarma obesum", also known as the marble crab or marble Batik crab, is a species of sesarmid crab. It is a semiterrestrial and brackish-water crab that lives on sandy beaches.
Metasesarma obesum in Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar Found in the forest, so maybe a land crab. Africa,Geotagged,Madagascar,Madagascar North,Metasesarma obesum,Nosy Mangabe,Spring,World

Appearance

The neotype is a male measuring 14.3 mm × 13.5 mm.

Distribution

"Metasesarma obesum" is known from the shores of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda
FamilySesarmidae
GenusMetasesarma
SpeciesM. obesum
Photographed in
Madagascar