Manarma moeschii ( De Man, 1892 )

Schubart, Christoph D. & Ng, Peter K. L., 2020, Revision of the intertidal and semiterrestrial crab genera Chiromantes Gistel, 1848, and Pseudosesarma Serène & Soh, 1970 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae), using morphology and molecular phylogenetics, with the establishment of nine new genera and two new species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68, pp. 891-994 : 962-964

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Manarma moeschii ( De Man, 1892 )
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Manarma moeschii ( De Man, 1892) View in CoL

( Figs. 24C View Fig , 26A View Fig , 29B View Fig , 33A, D, H View Fig , 41A–E View Fig , 44J View Fig , 58 View Fig )

Sesarma intermedia View in CoL – De Man, 1888: 182. [not Grapsus (Pachysoma) intermedius De Haan, 1835 View in CoL ]

Sesarma moeschii De Man, 1892: 331 View in CoL , pl. 20 fig. 14; Tweedie, 1940: 92, fig. 3, pl. 24-1.

Sesarma intermedium – Alcock, 1900: 416. [not Grapsus (Pachysoma) intermedius De Haan, 1835] View in CoL

Sesarma (Sesarma) moeschii View in CoL – Tesch, 1917: 177.

Sesarma (Sesarma) moeschi – Serène, 1968: 105.

Pseudosesarma moeschi – Naiyanetr, 1998: 102; Naiyanetr, 2007: 116; Rademacher & Mengedoht, 2011: 28; Ribero, 2020: 3, 6.

“ Pseudosesarma ” moeschi View in CoL – Ng et al., 2008a: 220.

Pseudosesarma crassimanum View in CoL – Li et al., 2020: 3, 29–30. [not Sesarma edwardsii var. crassimana De Man, 1887: 649 View in CoL ]

Material examined. BRUNEI – 1 male (13.6 × 12.2 mm) ( ZRC 2016.0405 View Materials ), Sungei Belayang , coll. G. Polgar & L. Ribero, 15 October 2013 . THAILAND – 8 males (largest 20.2 × 18.0 mm, smallest 15.8 × 14.5 mm) , 2 females (17.5 × 15.4 mm, 15.9 × 14.3 mm) ( ZRC 2000.1926 View Materials ), probably central Thailand, Thailand , purchased from Bangkok market, coll. P.K.L. Ng & C.D. Schubart, 20 February 2000 ; 5 males (largest 19.7 × 17.1 mm), 2 females (larger 19.3 × 17.3 mm) ( ZRC 2017.0170 View Materials ), Gulf of Thailand , coll. aquarium trade, April 2017 .

Diagnosis. Dorsal surface of carapace relatively more swollen, regions prominent; fingers of cheliped relatively longer in adult males; male pleonal somite 6 relatively shorter, telson more triangular; distal chitinous part of G1 relatively straighter, more tapering. In life, carapace dark grey to almost black with a gentle marbling.

Colour. The carapace is dirty brown with scattered blotches and spots of light brown and grey, giving it a “marbled” appearance. The chelae are bright red ( Rademacher & Mengedoht, 2011: 28).

Remarks. De Man (1892: 331) described Sesarma moeschii on the basis of two males (15.75 × 13.25 mm, 15.25 × 13.5 mm) from the Batak territories in Deli, northern Sumatra. The depository for this material is uncertain. Fortunately, the specimens on hand from Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand agree very well with the type description and excellent figures in De Man (1892: 331–333, pl. 20 fig. 14) and we have little doubt they are conspecific.

Manarma moeschii can be distinguished from M. johorense by the dorsal surface of the carapace being more swollen ( Figs. 24C View Fig , 26A View Fig ) (flatter and the regions relatively less prominent in M. johorense due to the shallow grooves, Figs. 24D View Fig , 26B View Fig ); the fingers of the cheliped being relatively longer in adult males ( Fig. 29B View Fig ) (relatively shorter in M. johorense , Fig. 29C View Fig ); male pleonal somite 6 being relatively shorter with the telson more triangular ( Fig. 41A View Fig ) (relatively longer with the telson more rounded in M. johorense , Fig. 41F View Fig ); and the distal chitinous part of the G1 being relatively straighter and more tapering ( Fig. 41B–E View Fig ) (distally gently curved distally in M. johorense , Fig. 41G–J View Fig ). Their live colours are also different, with the carapace of M. moeschii dark grey to almost black with a gentle marbling ( Fig. 58C, D View Fig ) whilst that of M. johorense is a uniform dark brown ( Tweedie, 1940: 105). In addition, the chela is red in M. moeschii ( Fig. 58B, E, G, H View Fig ) but yellow in M. johorensis (cf. Tweedie, 1940: 105).

Tweedie (1940: 92) commented that the male pleon of his specimen from Peninsular Malaysia ( Tweedie, 1940: fig. 3a) has a relatively more slender pleonal somite 6 compared to that from the Bay of Gorontalo in Sulawesi ( Tweedie, 1940: fig. 3b). This was the same specimen reported by Tesch (1917). Tweedie, however, noted that the differences do not appear to be substantial.

Biology. Tweedie (1940: 92) commented that he had “ one adult male from among nipah palms beside the river Sedili, Johore”. Ribero et al. (2020: 6) found that the species was mainly associated with dense Nipah forests in Brunei. The species is, however, widely collected for the aquarium trade (see Rademacher & Mengedoht, 2011). One source is from the back mangroves of Chonburi in central Thailand in the Gulf of Thailand; and we have specimens from this area obtained by local collectors.

Distribution. Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Sulawesi ( De Man, 1892; Tesch, 1917; Tweedie, 1940; Naiyanetr, 1998, 2007).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

InfraOrder

Brachyura

Family

Sesarmidae

Genus

Manarma

Loc

Manarma moeschii ( De Man, 1892 )

Schubart, Christoph D. & Ng, Peter K. L. 2020
2020
Loc

Pseudosesarma crassimanum

Li J-J, Shih H-T & Ng PKL 2020: 3, 29-30
Man JG De 1887: 649
2020
Loc

“ Pseudosesarma ” moeschi

Ng PKL, Guinot D & Davie PJF 2008: 220
2008
Loc

Pseudosesarma moeschi

Ribero L 2020: 3, 6
Rademacher M & Mengedoht O 2011: 28
Naiyanetr P 2007: 116
Naiyanetr P 1998: 102
1998
Loc

Sesarma (Sesarma) moeschii

Tesch JJ 1977: 177
1977
Loc

Sesarma (Sesarma) moeschi

Serene R 1968: 105
1968
Loc

Sesarma intermedium

Alcock A 1900: 416
1900
Loc

Sesarma moeschii

Tweedie MWF 1940: 92
Man JG De 1892: 331
1892
Loc

Sesarma intermedia

Man JG De 1888: 182
1888
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