Common name (e.g. turtle)

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Genus + Species (e.g. Caretta caretta)

Geosesarma foxi   (Kemp, 1918)

Penang Hill vampire crab

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Sesarmidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; freshwater.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Malaysia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Ng, P.K.L. 2017 On the identities of the highland vampire crabs, Geosesarma foxi (Kemp, 1918) and G. serenei Ng, 1986, with description of a new phytotelmic species from Penang, Peninsular Malaysia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65:226-242. (Ref. 127455)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

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Tools

Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models